1968 Rolex 1500 Tropical Oyster Date

Description: What difference can 2mm make?

Where everybody knows and has worn a 36, it’s easy to lose on a wrist – though larger, casualty to commonality, it’s a size easy to miss.

For 34mms, withdrawing into compactness, minimalist size is its every draw. What might be missed is what’s immediately noticeable – neither is it your every Day-Date or errant Air-King, it’s different and smaller and, being less, more. The Caliber 1575 is hermetically sealed, protecting the Chronometer Certified movement from moisture and dust; Rolex’s streamlined offering is no less accurate, or precise, or durable than its counterparts.

Channelling across this Date’s horizontally satinated Dark Grey dial is an aureated stria; the letterings and logos remain intact and perfectly legible, suggesting this corrosion’s origins come from within.

Case: 34mm, appears unpolished whose lug edge beveling tapers softly

Dial: Dark Grey interrupted by golden markings, letters and stamping remain undisturbed

Bracelet: Oyster, great condition