Illustration. The seconds hand sweeps, like the real movement.
Why it's interesting
A rare thing: a genuinely new Rolex dress watch. The 1908 (2023) pairs a 9.5 mm gold case, a domed-and-fluted bezel and a large small-seconds dial with something Rolex rarely does, a sapphire caseback over the new calibre 7140.
Watch DNA. Filled tags are editorial; outlined tags come from the specifications.
The numbers
Verified specificationsSize
- Diameter
- 39mm
- Lug to lug
- 45.2mm
- Thickness
- 9.5mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
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Chosen for shape, size, colour, character and price. Rarely the same brand twice.
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About this page
Verified specifications, checked September 2026
Dimensions, water resistance, movement and crystal were checked against the sources below.
Case (18 ct yellow gold, domed and fluted bezel, transparent caseback), crystal, 50 m, calibre 7140, 66 h, price and the 20 mm strap width from rolex.com. Thickness 9.5 mm and the 2023 launch from Fratello; lug-to-lug 45.2 mm from Monochrome (Fratello's Settimo hands-on gives 47 mm). Drawing: the ring-tipped hour hand is approximated by the renderer's Mercedes hand.
- rolex.com/de-de/watches/1908/m52508-0006
- fratellowatches.com/rolex-perpetual-1908-dress-watch/
- monochrome-watches.com/rolex-perpetual-1908-settimo-bracelet-52508-yellow-gold-hands-on-review-price/
- fratellowatches.com/hands-on-rolex-perpetual-1908-on-the-settimo-bracelet/
- ablogtowatch.com/first-look-rolex-perpetual-1908-watch-is-the-brands-first-new-dress-watch-in-ages/
