The pink Lady-Datejust with the Arabic numerals.

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.

Rolex made the Lady-Datejust in dozens of dials and the pink Arabic is the one that photographs, which is why it is the one people search for. The 79174 pairs the steel case with a fluted bezel in 18k white gold, so the bezel catches light the way a two-tone watch does without any yellow gold on it, and the Arabic numerals make the small dial easier to read than batons.

WGACA gives the reference as 79174, the case as 26mm steel with a fluted bezel and sapphire crystal, the movement as automatic, the closure as an Oysterclasp and the condition as Excellent with minor tarnishing and scratching throughout. It does not state box, papers or year. The pink Arabic dial and the Jubilee bracelet are from the photograph; the white gold bezel, calibre, chronometer rating, reserve and 100 metres are Rolex’s published figures for the reference.

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.