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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.