738,500 CHF
Ref. 4113, “Chronographe Rattrapante” Rolex, "Antimagnetique”, Ref. 4113. Case No. 051324. Made in a limited series of 12 examples in 1942. Exceptionally rare and extremely fine, oversized, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter and co-axial button on the winding-crown, with a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, stepped concave lugs, co-axial single button on the winding-crown for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register dials, outer 1/5th second track with Arabic five minute/second numerals, tachometer graduation and concentric blue telemeter scale. Pink gold "baton" hands. Notes This split-seconds chronograph is considered the rarest and the most sought-after by Rolex collectors worldwide. It was made in stainless steel only. This wristwatch is based on a 16’’’ pocket watch ebauche and therefore unlike traditional chronograph wristwatches the start/stop/re-start function of the chronograph is in the co-axial button in the crown, the split seconds by a push-button at 2 (stop and fly-back), return to 0 with a push-button at 4. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 416.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
