Pie-Pan Dial, Luminous Plots
Datejust 1601 — Pie-Pan Dial, Luminous Plots
Dial whose outer minute track slopes down from the flat centre, with applied baton indexes and luminous plots. The classic 1601 look; later 1601s moved to flat dials. Dated examples: champagne yellow gold c. 1962 (Sotheby’s, case 780,025); steel 1970 (Phillips, case 2,625,523).
Case suffixes (per Wristler): /4 steel with white-gold bezel, /3 steel and yellow gold, /8 yellow gold, /9 white gold, /5 rose gold.
Identifying details
Variants of 1601
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Pie-Pan Dial, Luminous PlotsCurrent | Undated |
| Glossy Black Gilt Dial | Undated |
| Glossy Black Gilt Dial · Tropical | Undated |
| Linen Dial | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 1601
- Production
- Undated
- Case diameter
- 36 mm
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Crystal
- Acrylic with Cyclops lens
- Movement
- Automatic
- Chronometer
- Yes
- Date
- Yes
More specifications (1)
- Caliber
Movement
Rolex 1565
Microstella-regulated chronometer caliber of the -era 1675, used until about 1965–66 (around serial 1.4M), when the 1575 replaced it.