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Find your local specialistRolex. A fine 18ct gold automatic calendar bracelet watch
Ref:6511, Glasgow import mark for 1956
25-jewel Cal.1055 automatic movement adjusted to five positions and temperature, silvered dial with applied facetted batons, sweep centre seconds, day aperture and red date disc, polished case with fluted bezel, screw down Oyster crown and screw back, fitted later 18ct gold brick link bracelet hallmarked for 1959, case, dial and movement signed 35mm.
25-jewel Cal.1055 automatic movement adjusted to five positions and temperature, silvered dial with applied facetted batons, sweep centre seconds, day aperture and red date disc, polished case with fluted bezel, screw down Oyster crown and screw back, fitted later 18ct gold brick link bracelet hallmarked for 1959, case, dial and movement signed 35mm.
Footnotes
Released in 1956 at the Basel Fair, the new 6511 or "Day Date" had a window at 12 spelling out the day and the date aperture at 3. The 6511 was in production for only one year before it was replaced by the almost identical 6611.