Sold for:
20,700 CHF
20,700 CHF
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronomètre, "Empire", Ref. 3716. Produced in circa 1940.Very fine and rare, centre second, self-winding, water-resistant down to 6 atm., 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch. "Empire", solid, polished, screwed-down case back and winding-crown, straight lugs. pink with painted Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary "guilloché" sunk seconds dial. "Bâton" blued steel hands. Notes Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 166-167-376.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
