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	The Morellis 1811 surfaces mainly through specialist dealers and rarely at the major auction houses, in line with its modest standing and small production. Documented examples run from the late 1960s into the 1970s in yellow gold, with the occasional special dial. As with the bark 1807, the value driver is an original textured bracelet: a 1811 retaining its full Morellis center links is worth more than the dial alone would suggest, since service swaps to plain links are common.		The Morellis 1811 surfaces mainly through specialist dealers and rarely at the major auction houses, in line with its modest standing and small production. Documented examples run from the late 1960s into the 1970s in yellow gold, with the occasional special dial. As with the bark 1807, the value driver is an original textured bracelet: a 1811 retaining its full Morellis center links is worth more than the dial alone would suggest, since service swaps to plain links are common.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:1803\|Day-Date 1803]] — Fluted President (1960–1977)
			* [[Reference:1804\|Day-Date 1804]]
			* [[Reference:1806\|Day-Date 1806]]
			* [[Reference:1807\|Day-Date 1807]]
			* [[Reference:1831\|Day-Date 1831]]
			* [[Reference:6510\|Day-Date 6510]] — 1956–1957

			See also the [[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	===The decorated 4-digit references===		===The decorated 4-digit references===

	The 1811 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark [[Reference:1807\|1807]], and the Morellis 1811. All three apply a worked surface to the bezel and bracelet center links in place of the 1803's fluting; they read as a 1960s fashion that Rolex dropped as taste swung back to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are scarce, and the Morellis is the least common of the three. Because the textures are easy to confuse, reference attribution on these watches rests on matching the finish to the engraved reference number between the lugs ~~rather than on the listing's label~~.		The 1811 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark [[Reference:1807\|1807]], and the Morellis 1811. All three apply a worked surface to the bezel and bracelet center links in place of the 1803's fluting; they read as a 1960s fashion that Rolex dropped as taste swung back to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are scarce, and the Morellis is the least common of the three. Because the textures are easy to confuse, reference attribution on these watches rests on matching the finish to the engraved reference number between the lugs.

	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

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	==Where it sits in the line==		==Where it sits in the line==

	The 1811 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings, the group that split the 4-digit Day-Date by surface finish ~~rather than by~~ movement ~~or size~~. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the Florentine cross-hatch, the [[Reference:1807\|1807]] the coarse bark, and the 1811 the Morellis moiré. Each carried its texture onto the bezel and, on the 1806, 1807 and 1811, onto the bracelet center links so the finish ran the length of the watch.		The 1811 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings, the group that split the 4-digit Day-Date by surface finish, on a shared case and movement. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the Florentine cross-hatch, the [[Reference:1807\|1807]] the coarse bark, and the 1811 the Morellis moiré. Each carried its texture onto the bezel and, on the 1806, 1807 and 1811, onto the bracelet center links so the finish ran the length of the watch.

	The naming is where the 1811 gets slippery. Specialist dealers and collectors settle on "Morellis" for its watered moiré texture; some listings call it Florentine, conflating it with the 1806; and earlier BezelBase entries described it as a smooth-bezel reference, which is wrong. The texture is the point of the 1811, and it is neither smooth nor the coarse bark of the 1807. Everything else is 1803: the 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555/1556 movement and the dial catalogue all carry over, and the [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry holds the full account.		The naming is where the 1811 gets slippery. Specialist dealers and collectors settle on "Morellis" for its watered moiré texture; some listings call it Florentine, conflating it with the 1806; and earlier BezelBase entries described it as a smooth-bezel reference, which is wrong. The texture is the point of the 1811, and it is neither smooth nor the coarse bark of the 1807. Everything else is 1803: the 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555/1556 movement and the dial catalogue all carry over, and the [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry holds the full account.
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	==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==		==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

	The 1811 wears the President, with the Morellis finish carried onto the bracelet's center links so the moiré texture runs the length of the bracelet ~~rather than stopping at~~ the bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet ~~rather~~ than the ~~watch~~ head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail. Decades of service often replaced textured center links with plain ones, so a 1811 that keeps its full original Morellis bracelet is the harder thing to find.		The 1811 wears the President, with the Morellis finish carried onto the bracelet's center links so the moiré texture runs the length of the bracelet, past the bezel and onto the centre links. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet, which may be older or newer than the head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail. Decades of service often replaced textured center links with plain ones, so a 1811 that keeps its full original Morellis bracelet is the harder thing to find.

	==Special branches==		==Special branches==
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	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

	The Morellis 1811 surfaces mainly through specialist dealers ~~rather than~~ the major auction houses, in line with its modest standing and small production. Documented examples run from the late 1960s into the 1970s in yellow gold, with the occasional special dial. As with the bark 1807, the value driver is an original textured bracelet: a 1811 retaining its full Morellis center links is worth more than the dial alone would suggest, since service swaps to plain links are common.		The Morellis 1811 surfaces mainly through specialist dealers and rarely at the major auction houses, in line with its modest standing and small production. Documented examples run from the late 1960s into the 1970s in yellow gold, with the occasional special dial. As with the bark 1807, the value driver is an original textured bracelet: a 1811 retaining its full Morellis center links is worth more than the dial alone would suggest, since service swaps to plain links are common.

	==Sources==		==Sources==

Admin: Create Day-Date 1811 — Morellis (moiré) finish 4-digit President; corrects prior smooth-bezel error; decorated trio with 1806/1807; 10 sources, 2 images

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Create Day-Date 1811 — Morellis (moiré) finish 4-digit President; corrects prior smooth-bezel error; decorated trio with 1806/1807; 10 sources, 2 images

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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''1811'''</small>

The 1811 is the Morellis-finish Day-Date. It is a 4-digit President built on the same 36mm gold case and caliber 1555/1556 movement as the fluted [[Reference:1803|1803]], set apart by a fine watered texture, the moiré or "Morellis" finish, on the bezel and the President bracelet's center links. The finish belongs to the same late-1960s fashion for decorated gold that produced the Florentine 1806 and the bark [[Reference:1807|1807]]. The Morellis is the rarest and least-seen of the three, made in small numbers and easy to misread, which is why it turns up in listings under several different names.

[[File:Ref 1811 hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1811 in yellow gold with Morellis moiré finish bezel and bracelet|The 1811 in yellow gold: the Morellis (moiré) finish on the bezel and the President bracelet's center links. Photo: Bulang & Sons]]

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! detail
! value
|-
| reference
| 1811
|-
| family
| Day-Date
|-
| production
| late 1960s into the 1970s (4-digit era)
|-
| movement
| caliber 1555 (to c. 1965), then caliber 1556; hacking from 1972; no quickset
|-
| case
| 36mm 18k gold President — yellow, white, pink/rose gold
|-
| crystal
| acrylic
|-
| bezel
| Morellis (moiré) finish
|-
| bracelet
| President with Morellis-finished center links
|-
| dial
| the 4-digit Day-Date catalogue, shared with the 1803
|-
| crown
| Twinlock screw-down
|-
| sibling references
| 1803 (fluted), 1804 (gem-set), 1806 (Florentine), 1807 (bark)
|-
| predecessor
| originals-era 6610 / 6611 / 6612 cluster
|-
| successor
| 5-digit 18xxx era
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

The 1811 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings, the group that split the 4-digit Day-Date by surface finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the Florentine cross-hatch, the [[Reference:1807|1807]] the coarse bark, and the 1811 the Morellis moiré. Each carried its texture onto the bezel and, on the 1806, 1807 and 1811, onto the bracelet center links so the finish ran the length of the watch.

The naming is where the 1811 gets slippery. Specialist dealers and collectors settle on "Morellis" for its watered moiré texture; some listings call it Florentine, conflating it with the 1806; and earlier BezelBase entries described it as a smooth-bezel reference, which is wrong. The texture is the point of the 1811, and it is neither smooth nor the coarse bark of the 1807. Everything else is 1803: the 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555/1556 movement and the dial catalogue all carry over, and the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry holds the full account.

==Production outline==

The Morellis 1811 ran through the late 1960s and into the 1970s alongside the plain 1803, in small numbers. No Rolex production figure has surfaced, and like the other textured references it sold slowly when new, which makes it scarce today. Documented examples cluster in the late 1960s on the caliber 1555 and run into the 1970s on the caliber 1556. The decorated-finish references faded as taste returned to polished and fluted gold, and the texture did not carry into the 5-digit era the way the bark did on the 18078.

==Movement notes==

The 1811 uses the standard 4-digit Day-Date movement: caliber 1555 from the start of the run, replaced by the caliber 1556 around 1965. The 1556 raised the beat to 19,800 vph and brought the free-sprung Microstella balance; hacking seconds arrived across the 1500 family in 1972. No 4-digit Day-Date has quickset, so date and day advance only by running the hands through midnight. The [[Reference:Movements]] page holds the caliber lineage, and the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry covers the 1555-to-1556 transition in detail.

==Dial map==

The 1811 carried the standard 4-digit Day-Date dials, champagne and silver with applied gold markers most common, and as a catalogue sibling of the 1803 it could take the same special dials. A champagne "Doorstop"-dial 1811 is among the documented examples. The dial does not define the reference; the Morellis finish does, and the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry carries the dial-variant taxonomy that applies across the 4-digit group.

==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==
[[File:Ref 1811 morellis detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Close-up of the Morellis moiré grained finish on a Rolex 1811|The Morellis grain up close: textured bezel and bracelet center links against polished outer links. Photo: Bulang & Sons]]

The case is the 36mm three-piece gold Oyster shared across the 4-digit Day-Date, with a Twinlock screw-down crown, screw-down caseback and acrylic crystal. The defining feature is the Morellis finish on the bezel, a fine watered or wavy moiré texture, more delicate than the Florentine cross-hatch of the 1806 and finer than the coarse bark of the 1807. It came in yellow, white and pink gold to match the case.

==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

The 1811 wears the President, with the Morellis finish carried onto the bracelet's center links so the moiré texture runs the length of the bracelet rather than stopping at the bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet rather than the watch head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail. Decades of service often replaced textured center links with plain ones, so a 1811 that keeps its full original Morellis bracelet is the harder thing to find.

==Special branches==

===The decorated 4-digit references===

The 1811 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark [[Reference:1807|1807]], and the Morellis 1811. All three apply a worked surface to the bezel and bracelet center links in place of the 1803's fluting; they read as a 1960s fashion that Rolex dropped as taste swung back to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are scarce, and the Morellis is the least common of the three. Because the textures are easy to confuse, reference attribution on these watches rests on matching the finish to the engraved reference number between the lugs rather than on the listing's label.

==Auction record==

The Morellis 1811 surfaces mainly through specialist dealers rather than the major auction houses, in line with its modest standing and small production. Documented examples run from the late 1960s into the 1970s in yellow gold, with the occasional special dial. As with the bark 1807, the value driver is an original textured bracelet: a 1811 retaining its full Morellis center links is worth more than the dial alone would suggest, since service swaps to plain links are common.

==Sources==

* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-day-date-1956-present-president-watch-in-depth-review/ Monochrome editorial, "In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Day-Date, The Presidential Watch", Monochrome Watches]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/ Sotheby's editorial, "The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's]
* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/rolex-day-date-historical-overview-of-rolexs-flagship/ Fratello editorial, "Rolex Day-Date — Historical Overview Of Rolex's Flagship", Fratello Watches]
* [https://watchbase.com/blog/2015/02/21/rolex-day-date-history WatchBase editorial, "Rolex Day-Date History", WatchBase, 2015-02-21]
* [https://italianwatchspotter.com/the-history-of-the-rolex-day-date/?lang=en Italian Watch Spotter editorial, "The History of the Rolex Day-Date", Italian Watch Spotter]
* [https://www.thebeautifulwatch.com/blogs/news/a-brief-history-of-the-rolex-day-date The Beautiful Watch editorial, "A Brief History of the Rolex Day-Date", The Beautiful Watch]
* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2010/09/1956-very-first-rolex-day-date.html Jake Ehrlich, "1956 — The Very First Rolex Day-Date", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2010-09]
* [https://ottuhr.com/index/rolex/day-date-president/rolex-day-date-1803/ Ottuhr editorial, "Rolex Day-Date 1803 Reference Report", Ottuhr]
* [https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=679606 Rolex Forums community, "Rolex Forums — 1803 Presidential Unusual Finishes", Rolex Forums]

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