28,750 CHF
Rolex "Antimagnetic", Ref. 3529. Manufactured in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, square 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and a gold-plated Rolex buckle. Two-body, polished and brushed, sharp angles, straight lugs, flat top crystal. Matte silver with paintedArabic numerals and indexes, guilloché subsidiary sunk seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer graduationfor the minutes, at the center, spiral tachometric and 1/5th second scale. Blued steel "Bâton" hands. Cal. 10 1/2’’’, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2001, pp. 81, 403 to 405 and 483.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
