Rolesium 🖤
A Rolex Imperiale Viceroy from the early 1930s is a rare and highly distinctive model. In cases like this, the version with the special Rolesium case and beautiful black Art Deco dial represents one of the most fascinating and desirable configurations. A truly cool-looking watch, still able today to stand out for its style and presence.
It is fitted with a manual-winding Rolex Prima movement and features the famous patented waterproof screw-down crown, a revolutionary solution for the period. A timepiece that perfectly represents Rolex’s innovative spirit during the 1930s, with a design that remains unique, elegant, and incredibly modern even today.
In May 1932, Hans Wilsdorf filed patent number 77569 for the term “Rolesium.”
This new term was associated with a material described as being very similar in appearance to platinum. Rolex described it as follows: it is not a precious metal, but a very high-quality metal whose molecules are as tightly packed as those of platinum, preventing any impurities from penetrating. Its color is the same as platinum, and it is guaranteed to remain unchanged over time. Rolesium is an exclusive metal.
On some casebacks, in addition to the Rolesium marking, one can find only the “Poinçon de Maître” key mark number 10, attributed to case maker Robert Meylan.
Modern spectrometer analysis later identified not a standard steel, but a proprietary steel alloy produced to Rolex specifications.
This suggests that Rolex was already highly advanced in material research, developing, or at least promoting, a kind of “special” steel as early as the 1930s.
This special rare watch it’s available today only @avocadovintagewatches
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Rolesium 🖤
A Rolex Imperiale Viceroy from the early 1930s is a rare and highly distinctive model. In cases like this, the version with the special Rolesium case and beautiful black Art Deco dial represents one of the most fascinating and desirable configurations. A truly cool-looking watch, still able today to stand out for its style and presence.
It is fitted with a manual-winding Rolex Prima movement and features the famous patented waterproof screw-down crown, a revolutionary solution for the period. A timepiece that perfectly represents Rolex’s innovative spirit during the 1930s, with a design that remains unique, elegant, and incredibly modern even today.
In May 1932, Hans Wilsdorf filed patent number 77569 for the term “Rolesium.”
This new term was associated with a material described as being very similar in appearance to platinum. Rolex described it as follows: it is not a precious metal, but a very high-quality metal whose molecules are as tightly packed as those of platinum, preventing any impurities from penetrating. Its color is the same as platinum, and it is guaranteed to remain unchanged over time. Rolesium is an exclusive metal.
On some casebacks, in addition to the Rolesium marking, one can find only the “Poinçon de Maître” key mark number 10, attributed to case maker Robert Meylan.
Modern spectrometer analysis later identified not a standard steel, but a proprietary steel alloy produced to Rolex specifications.
This suggests that Rolex was already highly advanced in material research, developing, or at least promoting, a kind of “special” steel as early as the 1930s.
This special rare watch it’s available today only @avocadovintagewatches
To Purchase Please Get In Touch
