COMPETITION OF ELEGANCE
How can an already refined piece be further enhanced? The manufacture solves this with a version amplified by first-rate traditional guilloché.
Last year, Rolex turned the spotlights of the Watches & Wonders trade show on its new features with the Perpetual 1908 collection. The references in this collection are characterized by their classic city-watch style. The models feature the main aesthetic details of the timepieces by the crown-bearing manufacture. A notched bezel encircles a streamlined dial, which has the Arabic numerals 3, 9 and 12. The shape of the hour and minute hands is similar to those emblematic of the brand. The watches are distinguished by the presence of a small second hand, a thin 39mm-diameter case, a leather strap and a sapphire crystal back that reveals the finishing details applied to the components of its mechanism.
Like all Rolex watches, this Perpetual 1908 is fitted with a caliber boasting the Superlative Chronometer certification. The 7140 self-winding movement is accurate to between -2 to + 2 seconds per day. It also delivers a comfortable power reserve of 66 hours. All of these characteristics are still very much present in the variation presented this year, crafted in a platinum case. It also stands out thanks to its delicate guilloché rice-grain motif which enhances an ice blue dial. A rosette unfurls around the small second hand. It highlights it while adding extra elegance to the whole.
