Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb
Rolex Honeycomb

Rolex Honeycomb

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Warm gold. Not the bright, soft 18k that floods every auction. This was 10k; a harder, leaner alloy which Rolex reserved for Commonwealth markets in the mid-1950s . Lower duty. Practical. And much rarer now. Most of these never left the region in numbers that mattered. The ones that survive are unicorns.

The black honeycomb dial is the signature. A tightly engineered textured surface Rolex used for only a few years before abandoning it . Not a print. Not a sunburst. A living grid that fractures light into tiny cells. "SHOCK-RESISTING" printed clean at six . No Oyster claims. A refined dress watch from the moment Rolex still experimented.

Serial intact between the lugs. Circa 1955-56. The manual-wind Rolex calibre, likely the 17-jewel 710 or 1230 movement, still beats with the authority of the era . Proper shock protection. No rotor. No date. Just honest hand-wound reliability.

18k pieces from this period are relatively common. This isn't. The 10k gold, the honeycomb dial, the Australian-market specification; three layers of scarcity stacked on a 34mm case that most walk past because it doesn't scream "Rolex". Stolen treasure doesn't always come from vaults. Sometimes it comes from a dusty tray in Sydney, waiting for the one person who knows why 10k can be so much rarer than 18k.

We offer complimentary worldwide delivery on our watches. If ordering from overseas, delivery will depend on the value of the timepiece and the destination. 

Please note that all import taxes and duties are the responsibility of the buyer.

If ordering from Hong Kong before 1 PM HKT, your watch will be sent the same working day. The courier will depend on the value of the watch, with all watches delivered the next working day.

All orders below USD 100 000 are shipped using our insured courier partners. For orders above USD 100 000, we use specialised services used by the jewellery industry for shipping high-value products.

Your satisfaction and trust is of the highest importance to us and we stand by the quality of all of our watches.

We offer a one-year warranty on the mechanical function of all watches bought from us, starting from the day of purchase.

We do not guarantee the waterproofness of any watch and therefore, this warranty also does not cover any cosmetic damage to the case and/or movement by water or moisture entering the watch.

Our warranty does not apply to any accidental damage or mishandling of your watch and excludes the bracelet, case parts (including pushers, winding stem, crown and bezel), watch glass, dial and hands.

CONDITION: Excellent vintage, original dial and case
YEAR: Circa 1955-56
MATERIAL: 10k Yellow Gold (Commonwealth/ Australian market)
CASE: 34mm diameter, unpolished, serial between lugs
MOVEMENT: Manual-wind Rolex calibre, 17 jewels, shock protection (Cal. 710 or 1230)
FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes
DIAL: Black honeycomb, "SHOCK-RESISTING"
STRAP: Leather
BUCKLE: Generic
NOTES: Rare Australian-market 10k gold variant, honeycomb dial, all-original condition