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Rolex Cellini 4087 - Red Vignette Dial

Details

Manufacturer-Rolex

Model-Cellini

Reference Number-4087

Dial-Red Vignette

Case Size-28x32mm

Lug Width-19mm

Year- 1970s 

Case Material-Yellow Gold

Bracelet-Original Crocodile Strap & buckle

Bezel-Yellow Gold

Movement-Manual Wind

Box-No

papers-No 


Description:

Here's a vintage Rolex Cellini reference 4087 with a red vignette dial in 18K yellow gold from the 1990s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Tonneau case. Red vignette dial. 17mm slug width and 30mm case. On its original brown leather strap and signed buckle. The case is unpolished and the sides of the case are oxidized slightly to a purple color. Time only. Minute track around the bezel. Drilled lug holes. Gold hands. Ombre effect on the dial also known as vignette. 18k yellow gold case and caseback. All parts are original including the signed crown, caseback, dial, and movement. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.

Ready to wear!


Key Specs
History

The Cellini line — named after Renaissance goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini — is Rolex's dress watch offering, and it operates on entirely different logic than the sport and tool watches the brand is famous for. No date window, no rotating bezel, no crown guards. Just case, dial, and movement.

Introduced in the late 1960s, Cellini watches are exclusively 18-karat gold and are powered by manual-wind movements. The collection covers an extraordinary range of case shapes across its history: round, oval, rectangular, cushion, asymmetric, and the distinctive Cestello oval — all sharing a commitment to slim proportions and refined finishing that stands apart from anything else in the Rolex catalog.

References span from the early 3800-series oval cases of the late 1960s and early 1970s through the square 4233 Danaos of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Dials range from brushed champagne and silver sunburst to red and blue vignette, white Arabic, and foil patterns that no longer exist in current production. For collectors who want Rolex craftsmanship without the sport-watch aesthetic, Cellini is the answer — and it remains one of the most underappreciated categories in the entire vintage Rolex universe.