Stemming from Rolex's eventual acceptance of the idea that some of their customers would like to own a second watch, the Rolex Cellini collection is perhaps one of the brand's most understated. A dress watch at heart, the Cellini departs from Rolex's typically rugged design cues and enters the world of soft sophistication. Combining precious metal constructions with leather straps and elegantly designed dials, the Cellini collection is the dress watch epitomized. In that same vein, the Rolex Cellini ref. 5112 that we have here is an intensely understated example of the Cellini collection, embodying its ethos as a watch that refrains from bringing too much attention to itself by excluding any sort of embellishments, such as complications, diamonds, textured surfaces, or an intricate dial. Measuring 32mm in diameter and sporting a thin bezel, a manual-wind movement, and small lugs, this ref. 5112 distils the very essence of what a dress watch should be through traditional design elements that are intensely refined and classical.

A sleek and discrete dress watch, the ref. 5112 surprises its wearer by downplaying Rolex's strengths as a tool and sportswatch manufacturer and showcasing their prowess in the arena of elegant dress watches, an arena they don't often exist within.