The steel Lady-Datejust 79174, serviced, polished, with a warranty.

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.

Four 79174s are on this page from WGACA in black, pink, white Roman and silver dials; this is the one from REKLAIM, which does something the others do not: it services and polishes every watch it sells and backs it with a limited warranty. A polished 26mm steel case comes back sharp, and a service means the calibre 2235 has been opened and oiled, which on a 2000s Rolex is a few hundred dollars of value. Ask for the service date and the warranty terms.

REKLAIM gives the reference as 79174, the movement as automatic, the band colour as silver, the condition as Pristine after a professional service and polish, and the warranty as Limited. It does not state box, papers or a serial. The fluted bezel, silver baton dial and Jubilee are from the photograph; the white gold bezel, calibre 2235, chronometer rating, reserve and 100 metres are Rolex’s published figures for the 79174.

REKLAIM authenticates in-house and is not a Rolex authorised dealer, and Amazon adds its 30-day return window on top of REKLAIM’s limited warranty. Ask for the serial, the service date, the warranty terms, and whether box or papers come with this unit. Nothing here was measured on the watch.

This unit is sold by REKLAIM 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.