53,100 CHF
Ref. 3529 “Square” Rolex "Antimagnetic", Ref. 3529. Case No. 55013. Made in 1941. Very fine and extremely rare, square, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and a gold plated Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, sharp angles, straight lugs. Rose with painted Roman numerals and baton indexes, inner minute/seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, innermost “snail” tachometric scale in blue painted Arabic numerals. Blued Steel "bâton" hands. Notes Reference 3529 was produced in very few examples from 1939 to 1942 and was available in stainless steel as well as in 18K pink and 18K yellow gold. It is extremely rare to find such an early chronograph in such untouched condition. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, pp 404, 405.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
