$14,375
ROLEX REF. 3330 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Rolex, Chronograph, Antimagnetic, case No. 045223, Ref. 3330. Made in the early 1940s. Very fine and extremely rare stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, and tachometer. Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. Matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second track with 5-minute Arabic markers, most outer tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 14’’’, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Notes Reference 3330 is amongst the rarest pre-Oyster Rolex chronographs that were produced. The 36 mm case is one of the largest from the time period
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
