132,250 HKD
Rolex, Chronographe, Anti-Magnetic, Ref. 3055, 1950’s.Very fine and extremely rare, small, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and pulsometer. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. black with applied pink gold “Epée” indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations. “Dauphine” pink gold hands. 10 1/2’’’, rhodium plated,17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 30 mm. Notes Ref. 3055Produced in 20 examples in pink gold and 200 examples in yellow gold. In the 1930’s this model was considered the smallest chronograph in the world.The reference 3055 was initially produced, in the 1930’s, with olive-shaped pushers and was then reedited in the 1950’s with an up-dated dial and square pushers.A similar watch is published in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches,1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, pp. 299, 300, 301 and 375.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
