Rolex Day-Date 'Ice Blue' modern Flying more under-the-radar than other

Flying more under-the-radar than other military-inspired watches

000 movements were produced each year in their laboratory

This beautiful example dates to September 1971 and delivers on the promise of the Bellmatic all around

5” lacquered case with an applied ‘Omega’ wordmark below and an acrylic crystal

and eye-catching "arrow" minute hand

Rolex Day-Date 'Ice Blue' modern Flying more under-the-radar than otherDouble Quickset Day Dates were once a thing of fantasy. Early Day Date models offered no Quickset functionality, meaning that both the Day and Date functions had to be manually set with a fair amount of winding, mind you by the user in order to display the correct information on the calendar complications. by the late 1970s, Rolex had improved the system and began offering Single Quickset versions in the 'five digit' References based on the 18038.