![]() Sothebys & Christies haven’t seen one to my knowledge. One sold at Phillips in 2020, for 32K USD which has since disappeared. But there are absolutely others not yet photographed.Ī cursory Google will reveal 7 instances or so. Not a difficult job when there are probably fewer than 10 documented online. ![]() So, if you’re a bit of a nerd, you can very precisely trace the hands and ownership history of each watch backwards if you look hard enough. The very interesting thing about Obsidian in particular is that the patterns are perfectly unique and distinct to each watch. It only became known as a quantity once the Rolex dial code chart made its way out to the community, a relatively recent phenomenon. This has seen obsidian become something of an ‘in the know’ darling. ![]() This is really peak ‘stone’ (even though it’s not) dial era and obsidian is peak obscurity. Rare Day-Date collecting, and by extension the super rare Datejusts, feels like it all got very serious in the last five years or so. I think of it as a Tiger Eye dial on acid. Obsidian dials are extremely uncommon, only a handful were sold in either Datejust or Day-Date. The areas here where you see deep gold on the dial are in fact the dial baseplate, where the slab is mounted, showing through. Some areas are of this volcanic dial are translucent, true glass. This is Obsidian, a naturally occurring glass which forms when volcanic lava cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. This isn’t tropical sun damage and it’s not even patina.
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