Rolex United States Merchant Marine Day-Date Ref 18038 in 18K Yellow Gold

The Rolex Day-Date was introduced in 1956 and was the first watch to display the date, as well as the fully-spelled-out day of the week.

This Rolex Day-Date reference 18038 is an incredibly attractive watch with an unbelievably rare United States Merchant Marine dial. We would rather have this logo on our watch than the signature of a despot who allegedly committed patricide, honestly! These Merchant Marine Day-Dates are extremely rare and only a few are known.

The dial is outstanding and features the non-Roman numeral variant. The 18K-gold case has been lightly polished in the past. It likely had a caseback engraving. It measures 36mm in diameter (43mm lug-to-lug). This particular example dates to circa 1971 with a 2.69M serial.

The watch comes full set with box and papers. We do not know the service history, but it is running well. It recently passed a water resistance test of 5 bar.

PRICE: $29,000 (Item: SBUXYT5396)