Here is a beautiful vintage 9ct gold 15 jewels Rolex Unicorn ladies wristwatch.The watch is in good working condition and keeps good time although this will need tweaking a little.
This also comes in its original presentation box.
The casing around the watch face has a pretty little embossed design, both back and front case are hinged to open easily.
The dial is a silver two tone colour and has Unicorn and Croydon & Sons, Ipswich and Swiss Made.
The hands are blue steel.
The movement has 15 Rubies, Swiss Made impressed into it.
The inside of the gold case has ROLEX 25 Worlds Records, Geneva Suisse, Has an impressed mark of two letter f laying above and below each other and a date letter of a small h.
Beneath this is the 9 .375 mark and then R.W.C Ltd, (for Rolex Watch Company Limited).
There is another mark of 518A and a serial number of 73871, beneath this is a small impressed cube on its edge with another cube inside and the mark of number 11.
The movement itself has been finished off with a lovely distinctive banding with UNICORN impressed on one of the gear wheels.
The dial needs a clean and there are a few little marks that may possibly be permanent.
The strap is in fair condition but I cannot imagine that this was the original strap.
Rolex was founded as a registered trade mark of Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis of London in 1908. They made watches using imported Swiss movements which they then installed into fine quality cases. Often the watches would be signed W&d. Rolex had many model/brand names for there particular ranges, for example Tudor.
Unicorn was another name used by the Rolex Watch Company in the 1920's, and is generally associated with the more affordable variety of Rolex in its time. However 80 odd years on the Rolex Unicorn has increased in value, and is fairly uncommon.
This example is worth between £150-£250.
Check out my other Rolex watches archived under the rolex tag at the bottom of this post
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