REVOLUTION_International_Vol 54

The 18188A
‘Lucky Wheel’,
features a bezel
set with trapezecut
diamonds,
rubies, emeralds
and sapphires.
Right
A reference 1804
“Royal Flush”
with diamond-set
Octopus bracelet,
bezel and hour
markers.
The reference
19168 Oysterquartz
Day-Date bears
arowofbaguette
sapphires on the
bezel and brilliantcut
diamonds on
the hour markers
and bracelet.
Below
A reference 19019
“Special Effects”
with an Octopus
bracelet featuring
brilliant-cut
diamonds on
the case and
bracelet as well
as baguette rubies
on the bracelet’s
centre links.
example is a rare reference 18188A, known by collectors as
“Lucky Wheel” with trapeze-cut bezel stones of diamonds,
rubies, emeralds and sapphires. Oysterquartz Day-Dates
were some of the most embellished watches of the 1980s.
The reference 19168 pictured here is set with baguette-cut
sapphires in the bezel and also in the bracelet.
On the subject of bracelets, this is where watches
can tip-over the edge into a bling overload! The most
common form of gem-setting Day-Date bracelets is called
the Octopus. With this, each of the centre links of the
President bracelet or integrated OQ bracelet is set with a
large baguette-cut stone and then the outer links are set
with single large brilliant cut stones – the resulting effect is
reminiscent of an octopus’s tentacle. The outer stones are
almost always diamonds that flank a centre baguette stone –
diamond, sapphire or ruby. These really are not for the fainthearted.
The real trick is to make sure you wear the watch
and vice-versa. Go on, get out and try one – I dare you!
VINTAGE 155