Rolex Perpetual Padellone Brings A Forgotten Icon Back To Life
There are watches in Rolex’s history that became icons, and then there are those that remained quietly fascinating to collectors. The original Reference 8171 belongs firmly to the second category. Introduced in 1949, the triple-calendar moonphase watch was unusually large for its era and eventually became known as the “Padellone”, an Italian nickname meaning “large frying pan”. Now, more than seven decades later, Rolex has brought that unusual chapter of its history back into the modern collection with the new Perpetual Padellone.
