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Collectors often call brightly colored lacquer dials Stella. Phillips catalogued a coral example in 2017 and a yellow lacquer dial in 2015; Christie’s recorded an Oman-commissioned burgundy example circa 1974. Revolution discusses early Stella dials in both pie-pan and flat forms, with overlapping periods rather than a clean changeover. The surviving records do not provide a complete color list or factory total. | Collectors often call brightly colored lacquer dials Stella. Phillips catalogued a coral example in 2017 and a yellow lacquer dial in 2015; Christie’s recorded an Oman-commissioned burgundy example circa 1974. Revolution discusses early Stella dials in both pie-pan and flat forms, with overlapping periods rather than a clean changeover. The surviving records do not provide a complete color list or factory total. | ||
Christie’s also describes a circa-1971 coral-red lacquer dial. Its sale-room notice corrects the lot’s initial 1805 attribution to ref. 1803 and reports Cal. 1555 in a 36 mm case. It adds one documented coral-red example. ([https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091515 Christie’s lot 5091515]) | |||
The term Stella is collector usage. A dial's color and nickname do not establish that it left the factory in that case. | The term Stella is collector usage. A dial's color and nickname do not establish that it left the factory in that case. | ||
[[File:Ref 1803 coral stella phillips.webp|thumb|right|220px|A coral lacquer dial on a Phillips-catalogued 1803, Geneva Watch Auction FIVE, lot 18, 2017.]] | |||
===Linen and Sigma dials=== | ===Linen and Sigma dials=== | ||
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| Circa-1972 yellow-gold 1803 with coral lacquer dial | | Circa-1972 yellow-gold 1803 with coral lacquer dial | ||
| Sold for CHF 27,500 | | Sold for CHF 27,500 | ||
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| 29 May 2008 | |||
| [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091515 Christie’s, Important Watches, Hong Kong, lot 2553] | |||
| Coral-red lacquer Day-Date, case 3204972, circa 1971; sale-room notice corrects the initial ref. 1805 attribution to 1803 | |||
| Estimate HKD 70,000–100,000; sold for HKD 87,500 | |||
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File:Ref 1803 hero.webp|Yellow-gold 1803 with champagne baton dial. | |||
File:Ref 1803 coral stella phillips.webp|Coral lacquer 1803 — Phillips Geneva Watch Auction FIVE, lot 18. | File:Ref 1803 coral stella phillips.webp|Coral lacquer 1803 — Phillips Geneva Watch Auction FIVE, lot 18. | ||
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* [https://watchbase.com/rolex/caliber/1556 WatchBase, caliber 1556 specifications] | * [https://watchbase.com/rolex/caliber/1556 WatchBase, caliber 1556 specifications] | ||
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6202872 Christie’s, reference 1803 with Wide-Boy dial, circa 1971] | * [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6202872 Christie’s, reference 1803 with Wide-Boy dial, circa 1971] | ||
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091515 Christie’s, circa-1971 coral-red dial; sale-room notice corrects the initial 1805 attribution to 1803] | |||
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/important-watches-2/reference-1803-day-date-a-yellow-gold-automatic Sotheby’s, Nasser-associated 1803, 6 December 2024] | * [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/important-watches-2/reference-1803-day-date-a-yellow-gold-automatic Sotheby’s, Nasser-associated 1803, 6 December 2024] | ||
[[Category:Day-Date]] | [[Category:Day-Date]] | ||
[[Category:References]] | [[Category:References]] | ||