Collector Book Steel Watches Acciaio 288 Pages Mondani ROLEX

Steel as the subject

Most books sort by range. This one sorts by material, and the shift changes what you see. A Rolex has to work in hostile environments; steel production techniques evolved accordingly, up to the house-patented Rolesium and today's 904L.

Following the steel brings together models nothing else would connect, and explains why two cases from the same period do not age alike.

Oyster, chronographs, Masters

The volume covers the whole steel Oyster line, push-back case models, chronographs — both push-back and Oyster case — and the Masters, the most complicated watches in the production.

Military and Comex

Military-issue Submariner, Cosmograph, GMT-Master and Turn-O-Graph are documented. Comex has its own section: Submariner and Sea-Dweller, but also Explorer and GMT-Master built for the company. Traceability makes the whole value on these pieces, and forgery is common.

The Rolex-powered Panerai

A chapter covers the Panerai fitted with Rolex movements — a crossing of histories few books address, and one that explains certain shared construction traits.

Signed dials

Customised dials bearing retailer or third-party logos, reproduced and identified. On those watches the logo carries a significant share of the estimate.

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