27,600 CHF
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 'Milgauss', Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6541. Production ofthis reference started circa 1958.Fine, water-resistant, center-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied bya stainless steel Oyster bracelet. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown, graduated black bezel, anti-magneticprotecting cap. Cal. 1080, rhodium plated, 25 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balanceadjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Notes Ref. 6541The name: 'Milgaus', combines 'Mil', meaning 'mille' (a thousand), and 'Gaus', for the unit of measure ofmagnetism. A normal movement can withstand up to 70-80 Gaus, but over that its working order would becompromised. Most good watches resist magnetic fields of 60 to 70 Gauss, but the 'Milgauss' keeps its astoundingprecision in magnetic fields up to 1000 Gauss, which were intolerable conditions for all. Yet with its dial, ring and thecover of its movement in soft iron -a true 'Oyster'- Rolex created a model which brilliantly resolved the problem.Carl Friedrich Gauss, German Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist (1777 - 1855).Author of important works on celestial mechanics, geodesy, magnetism, electromagnetism and optics. His modernconception of the abstract nature of mathematics allowed him to extend the field of the theory of num Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-11-19
