RolexYacht-Master 40

KEY FACTS

● Offered by the original owner 

● Display box, outer box, warranty card, booklets 

● Rated AAA for condition by the vendor

● Covered by Rolex guarantee

FUNCTIONS

● Hours, minutes, hacking seconds

● Quick-set date aperture at 3 o’clock with cyclops

● Bidirectional rotatable 60-minute bezel in platinum 

● Oyster bracelet with folding clasp and Easylink extension 

● Chronometer rated calibre 3235 (70-hour power reserve) 

SUMMARY

Launched in 1992 and conceived as a luxury version of the Submariner, the Yachtmaster has evolved to create its own niche within the Rolex range of sports watches. It’s a 40mm watch that wears smaller, and very comfortably, thanks to its 11.6mm height and curved swooping lugs. In many ways, it’s a sports watch that can be pressed into service as a dress piece. That’s because whilst the case and bracelet are in Oystersteel, the bezel is made in platinum which gives it a silvery whiteness and luminosity - and a real sense of luxury. Its striking blue dial, white gold hands and indices, and attractive red accents, plus the chronometer-certified calibre 3235 movement serve up a watch that a growing number of collectors recognise as the most under-rated sports watch in the Rolex line-up.

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