10,925 CHF
Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Milgauss", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1019, sold on 17 November 1990. Very fine and rare waterproof, centre second, selfwinding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with stainless steel Rolex Jubile bracelet and certificate. polished, satined, screwed back and crown, dust protecting cap. satined silver with radiumed indexes. "Baton " radiumed steel hands. Notes A similar watch is pubished in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches, by Osvalclo Patrizzi, Guido Mondaui Editore, Genova, 1998, pp. 264-265 and 275. Ref. 1019 "Milgauss". Most good watches resist to magnetic fields of 60 to 70 Gauss, but the "Milgauss" keeps its bewildering precision in magnetic fields up to 1000 Gauss. Carl Friedrich Gauss, German Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist (1777 - 1855). Author of important works on celestial mechanics, geodesy, magnetism, electromagnetism and optics. His modern conception of the abstract nature of mathematics allowed him to extend the field of the theory of numbers. He was the first to discover the non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry. Gauss - magnetic induction unit, symbol g in the C.G.S. system.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31
