Maker: |
Rolex |
Model: |
Quraysh Hawk |
Reference No.: |
16013 |
Date: |
Circa 1981 |
Serial No.: |
654 XXXX |
Case: |
Beautifully presented 36mm. diameter gold and steel case with gold ripple bezel and screw-down winder, really good unpolished case, back cover stamped 16000 the reference 16013 stamped between the lugs and serial number 654**** at the opposite end |
Dial: |
Original silver dial with applied gold baton numerals and dot lume markers with matching lume in the hands, original hand-painted Quraysh hawk |
Movement: |
Automatic caliber 3035 movement with 42-hour power reserve |
Strap: |
Original Rolex Jubilee link bracelet dated F6 for 1981 on the clasp with 455 end links |
Info: |
The present watch is a very rare example of a ‘Quraysh Hawk dial' also known as “The Desert Eagle dial”. It represents the United Arab Emirates coat of arms and each dial is painted by hand in polychrome enamel This personalising of Rolex dials was most unusual, the rulers of the UAE and the Oman persuaded Rolex to have a limited number of their watches personalised at the beginning of the 1970's. The United Arab Emirates commissioned certain Rolex dials to be painted with the country's Hawk crest, whilst the Oman Royal Family commissioned their to be painted with the Khanjar dagger with crossed swords. These watches were given as gifts by members of the Royal family and senior government officials to foreign diplomats, dignitaries and persons who had served their country – often in a military capacity. This particular watch was given to a British surgeon who had carried out a complicated operation on the wife of a senior UAE government minister in a private hospital in London. |
Box & Papers: |
Orignal Rolex Box with suede and cedar wood lining |
