Rolex

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Réf. 1601 "Buckley Panna-Lite"

€9,500 EUR

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust référence 1601 en acier, lunette cannelée en or blanc et cadran « Buckley Panna-Lite ».

Voici une Datejust qui paraît extrêmement sage au premier regard.

Et puis on regarde le cadran.

Sa teinte blanc crème, surnommée « Panna-Lite » par les collectionneurs, est ponctuée de grands chiffres romains noirs peints et de petits points lumineux aujourd’hui joliment patinés. Le contraste est graphique, élégant, presque plus italien que suisse.

Ce type de cadran est connu des collectionneurs sous le nom de « Buckley dial », en référence au marchand et collectionneur new-yorkais John Buckley, particulièrement amateur de ces cadrans Rolex à chiffres romains peints. Le surnom est resté.

Datée de 1965, cette référence 1601 possède tout ce que l’on attend d’une grande Datejust vintage : un boîtier de 36 mm en acier, une lunette cannelée en or blanc et son bracelet Jubilee référence 6251H.

Mais ce qui fait vraiment la montre, c’est ce cadran.

Le crème s’est adouci avec le temps, les points lumineux ont pris une patine chaude et les chiffres romains noirs donnent à l’ensemble une personnalité très différente des Datejust plus classiques de cette époque.

C’est une montre élégante sans être ennuyeuse, vintage sans avoir besoin de le crier et suffisamment particulière pour que quelqu’un qui connaît les Rolex s’arrête dessus.

Une Datejust très bien élevée.

Avec juste ce qu’il faut de mauvais esprit sur le cadran.

 

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust reference 1601 in stainless steel, with a white-gold fluted bezel and “Buckley Panna-Lite” dial.

At first glance, this is an extremely well-behaved Datejust.

Then you look at the dial.

Its creamy off-white tone, known among collectors as “Panna-Lite,” is punctuated by large painted black Roman numerals and small luminous plots that have developed a beautiful warm patina. The contrast is graphic, elegant and somehow almost more Italian than Swiss.

Collectors know this type of dial as a “Buckley dial,” a nickname associated with New York watch dealer and collector John Buckley, who became particularly fond of these Rolex dials with painted Roman numerals. The name stuck.

Dating from 1965, this reference 1601 has everything one wants from a great vintage Datejust: a 36 mm stainless-steel case, a fluted white-gold bezel and its Jubilee bracelet, reference 6251H.

But the dial is really what makes the watch.

The cream tone has softened beautifully with age, the luminous plots have developed a warm patina, and the black Roman numerals give the watch a personality quite unlike the more conventional Datejust configurations of the period.

It is elegant without being boring, vintage without needing to announce it, and unusual enough to make anyone who knows Rolex stop and look twice.

A very well-behaved Datejust.

With just enough bad attitude on the dial.

 

Reference 1601
Year 1965
Movement Automatic Rolex 1565
Diameter 36 mm
Material Stainless steel
Strap Stainless steel Jubilee bracelet
Box & Papers No

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