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Right<br />
A reference<br />
18049 “Diamond<br />
Cream” bears a<br />
cream-colored dial<br />
with brilliant-cut<br />
diamonds on the<br />
bezel and hour<br />
markers, with<br />
compass baguette<br />
diamond markers.<br />
Below<br />
A reference 1804<br />
with a deep red dial<br />
and fully set bezel,<br />
named “Bolero”.<br />
BLINGED BEZELS AND BRACELETS<br />
Rolex have always taken great pride in the overall aesthetic<br />
symmetry of its gem-set watches. When it comes to bezels,<br />
very often they will be set with stones that compliment the<br />
stones on the dial. One of the most classic looks is the bezel<br />
set with 46 brilliant-cut diamonds framing a dial with<br />
diamond hour markers. The brilliant-cut is also known as the<br />
full-cut and has a total of 57 facets on each stone. It is most<br />
commonly used by Rolex on dials and dress watch bezels.<br />
On sports watch bezels the most common stone cut<br />
currently is a variation of baguette, known as the trapeze<br />
cut. This is seen on the current diamond bezel Daytonas, the<br />
Eye of the Tiger and the Platinum TBR, as well has the SARU<br />
GMT-Masters and gem-set Submariners. However, Rolex<br />
also used normal baguette-cut stones on Daytona bezels as<br />
I wrote about in my last piece. There are some rare examples<br />
of baguette or trapeze cut stone bezels for Day-Dates. You<br />
can read about the Rainbow Day-Date above but another<br />
1<strong>54</strong> VINTAGE
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