17000, Oysterquartz, Tropical Purple ‘Pre-COSC’ Dial, Steel Phantom This is the only known

This is the only known example with a Tiffany dial and it is also the only known entirely gold dial

the H39 is one of the earliest creations from just after Roger Dubuis founded his brand with Carlos Dias in 1995

Its genius is not in complication

it has not reappeared

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17000, Oysterquartz, Tropical Purple ‘Pre-COSC’ Dial, Steel Phantom This is the only knownAn early ref. 17000 Oysterquartz with a dial featuring aged tropical purple from blue and Mark 1 or Pre COSC configuration. The 17000 debuted Rolexs groundbreaking quartz calibre 5035, far improved and better finished to any of its competition in period. The angular 36mm case sports a fully brushed integrated bracelet and smooth bezel. It is decidedly the most alternative iteration of Datejust there has even been and beautifully aged at that; it is