94,400 CHF
Ref. 8171 Stainless Steel, So-called “Padellone”, Diamond Dial Rolex Perpetual "Précision", Ref. 8171. Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, antimagnetic, selfwinding, stainless steel and diamond-set gentleman's wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave and curved lugs. Matte silver sand-finished with applied steel baton and 4 diamond-set indexes, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, outermost graduation for the days of the month in blue Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Steel "Dauphine" hands, blued steel "Bâton" with an arrow for the date. Notes Ref. 8171 was produced between 1949 and 1952. For a note on this reference, see lot 56 and 200 of the Mondani Rolex sale.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-02