135 - ROLEX. Oyster Perpetual Date, Ref. 1500, ca. 1976. Serial No.: 4.445.5XX.

ROLEX. Oyster Perpetual Date, Ref. 1500, ca. 1976. Serial No.: 4.445.5XX. Steel wristwatch. 34 mm diameter Oyster case, with a smooth, polished bezel and a screw-down winding crown bearing the Rolex crown logo. White dial with applied baton-style hour markers, a minute track around the perimeter, and central hands; central seconds hand. Inscriptions: “ROLEX / OYSTER PERPETUAL / DATE” and “SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER / OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED.” Date window at 3 o’clock with Cyclops magnifying lens. Acrylic/Plexiglas crystal. Steel Oyster bracelet with a Rolex-engraved folding clasp. Rolex automatic mechanical movement, caliber 1570. It works. Measurements: 34 mm case diameter. The Oyster Perpetual Date, Ref. 1500, is one of Rolex’s classic models from the 1960s and 1970s. With its 34 mm diameter, it brought the brand’s key technical and aesthetic attributes into a more compact format: the Oyster case, the Perpetual automatic movement, a date window with a Cyclops lens, and official chronometer certification. Its smooth bezel, silver dial, and Oyster bracelet form a configuration that is particularly representative of Rolex’s functional and refined design during this period. The Ref. 1500 remained in production for approximately two decades and is today prized as one of the purest and most versatile expressions of the vintage Rolex Date. In the watch descriptions, the phrase “it works” means that the watch is functioning. Since collector’s watches typically have delicate and complex mechanisms, the buyer is responsible for any general servicing, inspection, battery replacement, adjustment, or repair that may be necessary. We do not guarantee the perfect functioning of any watch. All photographs of our watches are original and have been taken by our photographers; that is, we do not use stock photography, which is why the photographs are considered part of the listing.