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Vintage Rolex Cellini Ref 3805 70s Manual Wind 18K White Gold Blue Dial Watch

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Here's a vintage Rolex Cellini Ref #3805 manual wind in 18K white gold with a blue dial from the 70s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Measurements include a 31mm case size and 20mm lug width. It's on a black pebble-textured leather strap (Made in Italy). Time only, Tonneau case. Blue sunburst dial. Matching silver stick hands and hour markers. The watch makes for a great dress watch for both men and women. 18K white gold and snapback caseback. Serial #: 3904126. Nice to see colored dials in Cellinis. All parts are original including the signed crown, dial, movement, and caseback. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.

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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.