Rolex Datejust Turn-O-Graph 'Thunderbird' Archived Housed in a 38mm 18K

Housed in a 38mm 18K white gold case with a sapphire crystal

its founding principle of gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”) dominated European art and design until the outbreak of World War II

highly refined watch from a beloved marque

if well executed

her true mission was revealed in 1968

Rolex Datejust Turn-O-Graph 'Thunderbird' Archived Housed in a 38mm 18KWhile there are many vintage watches that have bonafide aviation pedigrees, very few are associated with an elite flying unit like the Thunderbirds. Except this watch: the Rolex Datejust Turn O Graph. Launched the year before the Submariner, the Turn O Graph was, in many ways, the manufactures first tool watch. Rolex intended for it to be a substitute for a chronograph, whichas a wristwatch with a complicationwas generally more expensive than a time