Reference:18079 - Revision history

Klaudiusz: Rewrite 18079 audit with sourced auction examples and qualified production limits

2026-09-27T03:03:21Z

Rewrite 18079 audit with sourced auction examples and qualified production limits

Klaudiusz: Hero: place Ref 18079 stella.webp as the lead image

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Hero: place Ref 18079 stella.webp as the lead image

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	[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079 ~~in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.~~\|Rolex Day-Date 18079 ~~in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.~~]]		[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079\|Rolex Day-Date 18079]]
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	===Bark with a Stella dial===		===Bark with a Stella dial===
	[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=White gold bark Rolex 18079 with burgundy Stella dial\|The 1978 burgundy-Stella 18079: lacquered dial, round diamond markers with baguettes at six and nine, bark bezel and bark centre links.]]

	The burgundy-Stella 18079 Phillips sold in Geneva in 2015 is the reference at full stretch: a white-gold bark case and bracelet, an enamel-lacquered burgundy dial, round diamond markers with baguettes at six and nine. It brought CHF 56,250 against a CHF 25,000–50,000 estimate, more than double what a plain bark example of the same period reaches, and it remains the benchmark for what the combination can do.		The burgundy-Stella 18079 Phillips sold in Geneva in 2015 is the reference at full stretch: a white-gold bark case and bracelet, an enamel-lacquered burgundy dial, round diamond markers with baguettes at six and nine. It brought CHF 56,250 against a CHF 25,000–50,000 estimate, more than double what a plain bark example of the same period reaches, and it remains the benchmark for what the combination can do.

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	[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079\|Rolex Day-Date 18079]]		[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079 in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.\|Rolex Day-Date 18079 in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.]]
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	[[File:Ref 18079 ~~hero~~.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079 ~~in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.~~\|Rolex Day-Date 18079 ~~in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.~~]]		[[File:Ref 18079 stella.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079\|Rolex Day-Date 18079]]
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	<small>[[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date]] › '''18079'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date]] › '''18079'''</small>

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			[[File:Ref 18079 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18079 in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.\|Rolex Day-Date 18079 in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.]]
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	The 18079 is the bark-finish Day-Date in white gold, the scarcest finish of the 5-digit generation in the scarcer of its two golds. Bezel and bracelet centre links carry the coarse vertical texture Rolex called écorce, the case flanks stay polished, and everything behind that is the [[Reference:18039\|18039]]: 36mm President case, caliber 3055, sapphire crystal, single quickset. Sotheby's put the balance plainly in a catalogue note on the 1807X group, observing that the vast majority were built in yellow gold. Bark in white gold is a small subset of a finish that never sold well to begin with, and the examples that reach the major houses are usually the ones where the texture meets a strong dial.		The 18079 is the bark-finish Day-Date in white gold, the scarcest finish of the 5-digit generation in the scarcer of its two golds. Bezel and bracelet centre links carry the coarse vertical texture Rolex called écorce, the case flanks stay polished, and everything behind that is the [[Reference:18039\|18039]]: 36mm President case, caliber 3055, sapphire crystal, single quickset. Sotheby's put the balance plainly in a catalogue note on the 1807X group, observing that the vast majority were built in yellow gold. Bark in white gold is a small subset of a finish that never sold well to begin with, and the examples that reach the major houses are usually the ones where the texture meets a strong dial.

	[[File:Ref 18079 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=White gold Rolex Day-Date 18079 with bark finish bezel and bracelet\|Rolex Day-Date 18079 in 18k white gold — the bark (écorce) texture runs from the bezel through the President centre links; this circa-1982 example carries a German day disc.]]

	==Core facts==		==Core facts==

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	The 18079 is the bark-finish Day-Date in white gold, the scarcest finish of the 5-digit generation in the scarcer of its two golds. Bezel and bracelet centre links carry the coarse vertical texture Rolex called écorce, the case flanks stay polished, and everything behind that is the [[Reference:18039\|18039]]: 36mm President case, caliber 3055, sapphire crystal, single quickset. Sotheby's put the balance plainly in a catalogue note on the 1807X group, observing that the vast majority were built in yellow gold. Bark in white gold is a small subset of a finish that never sold well to begin with, and the examples that reach the major houses are usually the ones where the texture meets a strong dial.		The 18079 is the bark-finish Day-Date in white gold, the scarcest finish of the 5-digit generation in the scarcer of its two golds. Bezel and bracelet centre links carry the coarse vertical texture Rolex called écorce, the case flanks stay polished, and everything behind that is the [[Reference:18039\|18039]]: 36mm President case, caliber 3055, sapphire crystal, single quickset. Sotheby's put the balance plainly in a catalogue note on the 1807X group, observing that the vast majority were built in yellow gold. Bark in white gold is a small subset of a finish that never sold well to begin with, and the examples that reach the major houses are usually the ones where the texture meets a strong dial.
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	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

	The 18079 appears rarely enough that three lots carry the record, and they separate cleanly by dial. The burgundy Stella took CHF 56,250 at Phillips in 2015. A plain silver sunburst with box and papers took EUR 28,600 at Antiquorum in Monaco in 2022. Sotheby's offered a diamond-set black dial in Geneva in November 2025 at CHF 12,000–18,000, with ~~the~~ result ~~behind a login~~. That spread puts a standard white-gold bark example at roughly the level of a comparable yellow-gold [[Reference:18078\|18078]], with the premium arriving only when the texture is paired with a lacquer or gem-set dial. The taste remains period-specific and divisive, which is part of why the ceiling sits where it does.		The 18079 appears rarely enough that three lots carry the record, and they separate cleanly by dial. The burgundy Stella took CHF 56,250 at Phillips in 2015. A plain silver sunburst with box and papers took EUR 28,600 at Antiquorum in Monaco in 2022. Sotheby's offered a diamond-set black dial in Geneva in November 2025 at CHF 12,000–18,000, with no result published. That spread puts a standard white-gold bark example at roughly the level of a comparable yellow-gold [[Reference:18078\|18078]], with the premium arriving only when the texture is paired with a lacquer or gem-set dial. The taste remains period-specific and divisive, which is part of why the ceiling sits where it does.

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	\| Sotheby's Geneva, Important Watches Part I, lot 119		\| Sotheby's Geneva, Important Watches Part I, lot 119
	\| black diamond-set dial, c.1979, case 6,043,469		\| black diamond-set dial, c.1979, case 6,043,469
	\| est. CHF 12,000–18,000, result ~~login-gated~~		\| est. CHF 12,000–18,000, result not published
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