A Rolex Daytona with a scarlet dial, refined by Asprey
HVM Auction offers a rare Rolex Daytona with a brilliant red dial, custom retouched by the London jeweller Asprey. The watch goes under the hammer in Monaco this Friday.
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The red dial catches light like a jewel against the wrist. This Rolex Daytona, its face a luminous scarlet rather than the familiar black, represents the kind of rarified commission that collectors speak of in hushed tones: a watch reimagined by Asprey, the London jeweller whose craftsmen have retouched its dial with meticulous precision.
Asprey has long occupied a particular stratum of horological patronage, a house where the boundaries between watchmaking and fine jewellery dissolve entirely. A commission to rework a Daytona dial demands not merely technical skill but an understanding of proportion, colour intensity and the subtle mathematics of legibility. The result sits on the wrist with the quiet authority of something made rather than bought from a catalogue.
The watch will be offered at HVM Auction, where such rarities find their audience among collectors who prize singularity. Set against the backdrop of Monaco’s harbour, with its elegant yachts and Belle Époque architecture softened in the afternoon light, the piece embodies the kind of understated excellence that characterises the principality itself.
The auction takes place on Friday 23 October at 14:30. Those wishing to view or bid should contact HVM Auction directly at bponzio@hvmc.com or by telephone on +377 93 25 54 70.
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