A manual wind, stainless steel, Rolex Oyster Precision Date reference  6694 model.  This very handsome example has a rare gunmetal sunburst  dial with stick hour markers, with a wider six and nine o'clock markers.  The markers are a little unusual also.  They are very flat, with no additional detailing, which is often found on these dials.  This fully original factory dial remains untouched, and in excellent condition featuring all lume plots in tact, that have a beautiful, warm laté colour. The printing of the serif text and chapter hash marks are in white, which stands  out well on the dial. The classic baton hands also contain the original luminous material, which matches the plots perfectly, and respond the same under ultraviolet light.

The watch is powered by the classic Rolex, Swiss made, seventeen jewel manual caliber 1225. This caliber is an upgrade of caliber Rolex 1220, which represents a dramatic evolution of the earlier Rolex caliber 1210. Caliber 1220 shares the same mechanical platform of caliber 1210 with the exclusion of the Breguet spring. The balance wheel oscillating frequency increases from the original 2,5Hz (18000 vph) to3Hz (21600 vph). The caliber 1225 is a Rolex 1220 caliber with the addition of a date module, and is therefore marginally thicker. Overall, these are great movements. A very dependable hard working caliber that was used by Rolex for many years across its manual wind offerings. 

Made circa 1974, with a serial number 364XXXX engraved between the lugs. The watch is in original condition, lightly polished over the years, and on a tight, but slightly earlier production with a date satamp of "3 72" for the third quarter of 1973, stainless steel Oyster bracelet.  The watch comes with a Foundwell one-year warranty against mechanical failure. This is a great looking, timeless piece of design that, if there is only one watch you own, it should be something as classic as this.