{"product_id":"rolex-honeycomb","title":"Rolex Honeycomb","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWarm gold. Not the bright\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSerial 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e18k 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45544075264023,"sku":"DR-N.207.BC.011.L-LNIB-WATCH","price":14500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0165\/1838\/files\/DB01CD5C-A155-44C2-A7D4-79E1967613C8.jpg?v=1790050198","url":"https:\/\/www.highendtime.com\/products\/rolex-honeycomb","provider":"HIGHENDTIME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}