234,500 CHF
Rolex "Chronographe Rattrapante", Ref. 4113. Made in a limited series of 12 examples only in 1942. Exceptionally rare and extremely fine, oversized, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter and coaxial button on the winding-crown. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped concave lugs. Matte silver withapplied pink gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, guilloché sunk subsidiary secondsand 30-minute register dials, outer 1/5th second track and tachometer graduation in blueArabic numerals, concentric, telemeter scale. Steel "Baton" hands. Notes This split-seconds chronograph is considered the rarest and the most sought-after by Rolex collectors worldwide. It was made in stainless steel only. A similar watch is published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, p. 416.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
