Smooth Bezel
Day-Date 1802 — Smooth Bezel
Plain polished bezel; dials as on the 1803. The bezel is the only difference from the 1803.
Identifying details
- Pie-pan dial
Dial whose outer minute track slopes down from a flat centre, like an upturned pie dish.
- Day of the week
Day of the week spelled out in a window, usually at 12 o’clock.
- Smooth bezel
Plain polished fixed bezel instead of a rotating or fluted one.
- Date
Date display.
- Cyclops
Magnifying lens over the date.
Variants of 1802
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Smooth BezelCurrent | Undated |
| Khanjar, Platinum (Asprey) | c. 1975 |
| Yellow Stella, Diamond Dial | c. 1972 |
| Geometric Guilloché, Diamond Indices | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 1802
- Production
- Undated
- Case diameter
- 36 mm
- Crystal
- Acrylic
- Movement
- Automatic
- Date
- Yes
- Caliber
- Rolex 1555
- Rolex 1556
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Rolex 1555
Introduced with the 1800-series Day-Date in 1959; no quickset for day or date. Superseded by the 1556.
Automatic · Introduced 1959 · 18,000 vph · 25 jewels
Rolex 1556
Later 1800-series Day-Date caliber, used to the end of the 1803; still no quickset for day or date. Phillips notes a hacking seconds stop on late examples.
Automatic · 26 jewels