Merry Christmas

Wishing all my friends and followers Merry Christmas!!!!

Rolex Airking Ref.5500 14 Kt Yellow gold

Rolex has used  in the 70's different kinds of bracelets as an addition to AirKing and Oyster Perpetual heads .
One of it is a Bracelet with the reference 2544 used for Air King Ref.5500 and Oyster Perpetual Ref. 1003 .It has been made by B.H. Britton & Sons Ltd. -a goldsmith company located in Birmingham , UK under Rolex licence .There is a company stamp B&S and Rolex on the clasp .
Particular part taking place in the description of this Rolex Airking is the writing R.W.C.  LTD (Rolex Watch Company Limited) inside the case back of the watch , specific for some time limit and certain models retailed in UK .The serial number of the watch is as well written on the case back .

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Rolex Datejust Saudi Logo with King Fahd Signature

Rolex Datejust with Saudi logo with King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signature .

King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (16 March 1921 - 1 August 2005) was the King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005
After the death of King Faisal in 1975, Fahd was named first deputy prime minister and concurrently crown prince in 1975.  By contrast, Prince Fahd had served as minister of education from 1954 to 1960 and minister of interior from 1962 to 1975.

When King Khalid died on 13 June 1982, Fahd succeeded to the throne. He was the fifth king of Saudi Arabia.The most active period of his life was  when he was Crown Prince. He adopted the title "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" in 1986, replacing "His Majesty", to signify an Islamic rather than secular authority.
During King Fahd's rule, the royal family's lavish spending of the country's wealth reached its height. In addition, the biggest and most controversial military contract of the century, the Al -Yamamah arms deal was signed on his watch. The contract has cost the Saudi treasury more than $90 billion. These funds were originally allocated to building hospitals, schools, universities and roads.

Fahds's wealth was estimated to be $25 billion in 2002. His wealth in 1988 was $18 billion, making him the second richest person in the world.In addition to residences in Saudi Arabia he had a palace on Costa del Sol which made Marbella a famous place.

Cartier Tank Americaine Limited Edition Indian Indipendence

In February 1947, English Prime Minister announced that the British government would grant full self-governance to British India by June 1948 at the latest.
 The new viceroy Louis Mountbatten, chose the second anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, 15 August, as the date of power transfer. The British government announced on 3 June 1947 that it had accepted the idea of partitioning British India into two states; The Indian Independence Act  of the United Kingdom partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan (including what is now Bangladesh) with effect from 15 August 1947, and granted complete legislative authority.
An extremely  rare and  unique Cartier Tank Americaine has been attributed to 50th  years Anniversary of the Independence of India celebrated in 1997.
It has been produced in yellow gold  in  50 limited pieces with lovely writing in Hindi on the dial indicating the year of Independence and the anniversary year.
The dial has specially created for event in silver  .The number 50 is in gold colour different than the rest of the numbers .There is a limited number on the back case .
Beautiful piece made in occasion of an  impressive history.

Rolex Airking Saudi Logo Ref.5500

Today I would like to present a Rolex Air king ,ref .5500 with Saudi Logo on a champagne dial .

Patek Philippe Ref.1575 For Casa Welsch S.A. Lima

 After a long break I am back with this splendid Patek Philippe ref.1575 retailed by Casa Welsch S.A. Lima.Very rare and gorgeous piece of art produced in 1940's .Enjoy it .

Rolex Ref.6298 Pre-Explorer

Reference 6298 is for the Rolex Pre-Explorer , semi bubble back , with beautiful and quite rare black Honeycomb Explorer Dial , produced approximately 1956 .Enjoy it .

Rolex GMT Master UAE Logo

 Rolex  GMT Master  Ref. 1675/3 with UAE Logo and Arabic writing  on a brown dial . Enjoy it.