ROLEX
Date
POOL INTAIRDRIL

This particularly rare Rolex Date features a co-branded dial with the Pool Intairdril logo. More commonly seen on the Air-King model with a full Blue Logo that was given as a Safety Award to employees.
We present here the Date model ‘RIG OF THE YEAR’ - The logo with a more defined ‘i’ highlighted in what was originally more of a rusty red colour. Ours has nicely faded to a golden hue matching the batons and hand.

Rolex were well known for commissioning special dials for various military forces and select commercial companies around the world. The Oil Industry in particular having their various company logos added to the dial throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Pool Intairdril were an oil servicing company operating predominantly in Libya supplying Rigs, machinery, processing plants and labour to some of the big name oil companies.
Unlike the Safety Award Air-King watches it is believed that this Rolex Date with its more luxurious dial was issued once a year to the best performing Oil Rig on the company.
Making for quite a scarce timepiece with Rolex only producing these watches for Pool Intairdril between the late 1970s and early 1980s resulting in potentially only a hand full of these yearly editions existing.

Case back engraved - RIG OF THE YEAR

Case
Stainless Steel
34 mm diameter
Screw case back
Rolex screw lock crown
Polished steel bezel

Movement
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 3035 calibre Automatic self winding
with quick set Date adjustment

Dial
Silver dial with Gold baton markers and tritium lume plots still intact with nice cream patina matching to the hands
Pool Intairdril logo. Navy blue ‘P’ with Golden hue ‘i’ encircling a light blue globe.

Bracelet
Rolex Oyster stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp
Ref - 78350 with 557 End Links
Clasp code - G - Dating to 1982

The watch is in overall excellent condition with minor general wear and tear, minor marks to the bezel, case and bracelet.

Case ref - 15000

Serial Number - 729XXXX
Dating production of the watch to 1982

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