Standard Pie-Pan Dial
Day-Date 1803 — Standard Pie-Pan Dial
Champagne, silver or other plain colours with applied batons on the pie-pan dial; the sloping edge sets it apart from the flat dials of the 18038 at a glance.
Identifying details
- Pie-pan dial
Dial whose outer minute track slopes down from a flat centre, like an upturned pie dish.
- Fluted bezel
Gold bezel with fine ridges (also called reeded or coin-edge).
- Day of the week
Day of the week spelled out in a window, usually at 12 o’clock.
- President bracelet
Three-piece semi-circular-link gold bracelet with a concealed clasp, introduced with the Day-Date.
- Date
Date display.
- Cyclops
Magnifying lens over the date.
Variants of 1803
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Standard Pie-Pan DialCurrent | Undated |
| Stella Lacquer Dial | Undated |
| Stella Lacquer Dial · Yellow | Undated |
| Stella Lacquer Dial · Coral | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 1803
- Production
- Undated
- Case serials
- Case diameter
- 36 mm
- Water resistance
- 50 m
- Crystal
- Acrylic
- Movement
- Automatic
- Date
- Yes
More specifications (1)
- Caliber
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 Superseded by the 1556.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