{"product_id":"rolex-precision-calatrava-ref-8896-satin-silver-dial","title":"Rolex Precision 'Calatrava' Ref. 8896 - Satin Silver Dial","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1950s was a decade that Rolex was really coming into their own. The 'Professional' line was almost immediately successful, giving the brand the capital to experiment and expand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe variety in metals, dials, and handsets in this era, particularly in the Oyster Perpetual, Oyster Precision, Datejust, and Day-Date families of watches was vast. It was also a time where the brand was playing around with manual-winding dress watches, usually denoted with 'Precision' on the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece that we have here comes from the 'Precision' family of watches and is about as close as you can get to a traditional, no frills 'Calatrava'-style dress watch from the brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt features an attractive 34mm stainless steel case with a snapback design, a simple, unsigned crown, and attractive lugs running up to the 'stepped' topcase. Inside, the silver dial has a satin surface with minimal text, applied 'pencil' indices, and a patching 'dauphine' handset to match. And as we alluded to above, it is powered by a manual-winding movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis then, is something of an exercise of restraint for Rolex. Their take on traditional, no frills Swiss watchmaking and an artifact of the brand before their direction largely changed towards the end of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver \u0026 Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51953599775037,"sku":"OC3244","price":4650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/6138\/3741\/files\/ROLEX_PRECISION_WHT_STRAP_WEB_1_R.jpg?v=1783968240","url":"https:\/\/oliverandclarke.com\/products\/rolex-precision-calatrava-ref-8896-satin-silver-dial","provider":"Oliver \u0026 Clarke Vintage Watches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}