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Rolex Cellini Platinum - Mother of Pearl Dial.

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Here's a Rolex Cellini reference number 5240 manual wind in Platinum with a mother of pearl arabic numeral from the late 90s, early 2000s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Manual wind caliber 1602. Measurements include a 36mm case size and 19mm lug width. On an aftermarket grey lizard leather strap. Time only. Dauphine hands. Silver arabic numerals. Sub seconds at 6 a clock. Textured whitish blue mother of pearl with different colors, depending on the light. Makes for a great piece for both men and women. Both the dial and crystal are free from any scratches or marks. A great alternative to a lot of dress watches. All parts are original including the signed Rolex crown, dial, movement, and caseback. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.

Ready to wear!

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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.