Fresh from the Showcase here at SwissWatchExpo. Today, I'm talking dress Rolex, specifically
the Cellini and specifically one that may have flown past your radar. So let's check it out.
The Cellini Rolex's dress watch line definitely doesn't get the attention that the Submariners
and the Daytonas of the world get, but they have some fascinating references in the history of
the Cellini line. Particularly this one, which is sort of a transitional model between the Cellini
classics of old and the more modern, automatic Cellini and much larger Cellinis that they're
making. Now, this is what Rolex calls, the Rolex Cellini Cellinium, which is a combination of
Cellini platinum and a millennium, because it is a Cellini. This is made of all platinum exclusively.
And it was released shortly after the year 2000 to celebrate the new millennium. So, interesting
name, a very interesting watch, especially as far as dress pieces go. It's relatively
simple. As far as the case goes, round case relatively straight lugs. It's 35 millimeters,
which is going to be noticeably larger than the not even 32 millimeters of the Cellini classic.
The Cellini classic definitely lived up to its name as being a very, very
tiny and traditional-sized dress watch. At 35 millimeters and more of a square case,
which is surprisingly thick for most Cellinis with a manual winding movement.
This is definitely a more modern-size dress case. At 35 millimeters, it is still
on the small side and still definitely in the range of what I would consider a unisex watch.
And as elegant as this watch definitely is I think it can work both ways very easily. But
this is a relatively simple dress case. Does have Arabic numerals at 3 and 9,
which I think does make it a bit more modern than a lot of the Cellini classics you can get. Not
exclusively a stick marker piece. This does come with a beautifully decorated mother-of-pearl dial.
And as you know there is plenty of mother of pearl dials out there. Rolex really
is a cut above most in the industry. You're getting a beautiful combination
of patterns here, even though this isn't the most colorful mother of pearl,
the pattern is still so incredibly rich and like almost psychedelic here. So while
this doesn't have a ton of the blues and the yellows and the greens that you would expect
in a lot of the funkier mother-of-pearl dials, you'll see in the president, I do think this is
great for a dress watch. You don't want a lot of color that isn't gonna go with this platinum
case. So something with a bunch of greens and purples on the dial, I think would really distract
from the elegance of this watch that this is a particularly choice piece of mother of pearl.
they use it for this as well. Otherwise, on the dial, we do have straight platinum hands and
an offset seconds hand here at 3 or at 6 o'clock, which is something I really love most traditional
dress watches are not gonna come with any sort of second hand at all. So I do love that this piece
had it. It's a gorgeous looking, again, platinum case, relatively thick for a dress watch,
which I love. This is not so prominent that it would have any difficulty fitting under
a dress sleeve. But it's not trying to be the thinnest case imaginable,
which I think is great. I do love a good thin dress watch as far as its you know,
impact on high horology and how you are really able to fit all those mechanisms
into such a tiny case. Rolex didn't really feel the need to do that with this one.
And I cannot say that I blamed them because again, this is a super simple dress watch, but
it is definitely modern enough to be a bit more versatile than a tuxedo-only type of piece, which
is sort of what I consider the Cellini classic to be if you are a man wearing that .this is still
a lot more traditional than the Cellinis they're making now, as you know exclusively in white and
rose gold and with a much thicker 39-millimeter case and a much higher price tag too. So if you
were looking for a Cellini that sort of falls in between those, this is a fantastic deal
considering this is a platinum Rolex watch within all factory parts fully serviced at well under 10
grand which you are not gonna find many watches to check all those boxes in that price range.
So if you are looking for a unique dress piece
even for Rolex, you will be getting a piece that even your Rolex collective friends might not be
familiar with or might not have seen before. So a super unique dress piece which is just one of the
hundreds upon hundreds of Rolexes we have in stock. So whatever your style, whatever your
budget is if Rolex is the game of the game, then we have the piece for you. So check us out online.
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