Rolex Oyster Tru Beat 6556 Silver Dial gay-freres The funky orange diver…This black

The funky orange diver…This black and orange funky dive watch screams 1970s and would have been perfectly at home in that era alongside Tudor Homeplates and other designs of the time

This Datejust is the perfect daily wearer thanks to its robust sapphire glass but totally timeless and classic look and 36mm dimensions

The bezel is also in mint condition and the case is almost certainly unpolished

The pointed crown guard case remains thick in all the right places and has a black fat font insert

- Serial Z534xxx dating to 2006/7

Rolex Oyster Tru Beat 6556 Silver Dial gay-freres The funky orange diver…This blackThe forgotten tool watch This is a very rare and important vintage Oyster that dates to themed 1950s. The Tru Beat was one of the first dead seconds wrist watches ever offered. Instead of the flowing seconds hand that one normally sees on a mechanical watch, dead seconds calibres tick once per second. What sounds very simple is incredibly complicated and requires a new escapement that allows one jump per second of the seconds hand instead of the usual