The white gold President. Bark finish, tapestry dial, about 1983.

The Lady-Datejust is the Datejust at 26mm, the size Rolex made for women from the 1950s until it moved the line to 28mm in 2015. It is the same watch in miniature: an Oyster case with a screw-down crown, an automatic chronometer movement, the date under its Cyclops lens at three, a fluted or engine-turned bezel, and a Jubilee or Oyster bracelet. Because Rolex made them for six decades in every dial and metal, the pre-owned market is deep and this is where the money goes when people search for a women’s Rolex.

A white gold President reads as steel from across a room and as something else up close: the bark-finish bezel and centre links have the grain that Rolex only cut into solid gold, and the weight is the weight of gold. The 69179 is the white gold Lady-Datejust of the 1980s, with the calibre 2135 that replaced the 2030 and added a quickset date, and the tapestry dial, a woven texture Rolex made for a few years, is the one that suits the bark. This one dates to about 1983 by its serial; WGACA does not state box or papers, so ask.

WGACA gives the reference as 69179, the size as 26mm, the bezel as textured, the movement as self-winding with quickset date, the dial as tapestry with baton markers, the bracelet as a President with a hidden crown clasp, the serial as 759xxxx, the wrist as 7 inches and the condition as Excellent with light scratching to the hardware. It does not state box or papers. The white gold and bark finish are from the title and the photograph; the calibre 2135, chronometer rating, reserve and 100 metres are Rolex’s published figures for the 69179.

WGACA authenticates in-house and is not a Rolex authorised dealer, and Amazon adds its 30-day return window. Ask for the serial, whether box or papers come with it, and when it was last serviced. Nothing here was measured on the watch.

This unit is sold by What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA) through Amazon Luxury Stores, authenticated by the seller with Amazon’s 30-day return window on top; it is one piece, and when it sells the listing goes away, so the second button opens the live search for 26mm Lady-Datejusts.

Steel and two-tone Lady-Datejusts have resold close to what pre-owned buyers paid, sometimes more, sometimes less; that is a pattern, not a promise, and nothing here is investment advice.