CIRCA: 1978
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow gold
CASE SIZE: 26 mm.
BRACELET MATERIAL: Yellow gold
BRACELET SIZE: Overall length approximately 155 mm.
DIAL: Red ”Stella”
MOVEMENT: Automatic
FUNCTIONS: Date

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Highly attractive and rare, the present timepiece is preserved in excellent,
nearly unworn overall condition. Its overall appeal is enhanced by the
bark-finished decoration to the bezel and President bracelet and, most
importantly, by the red lacquered “Stella” dial.
Made in the late 1970s and early 1980s in very small numbers, the colours of
lacquer for these dials were mixed by hand and then applied layer after layer
until a deep rich gloss coating had built up. Distinguished by an appearance
of enamel and referred to by collectors as Stella, timepieces fitted with such
dial and preserved in very well overall condition such as the present example
are today much sought after by collectors.