10,030 CHF
Ref. 3372, Stainless Steel So-Called “Bubble-Back” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer", Ref. 3372. Case No. 114827. Made in 1938. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, engine-turned bezel with hour divisions. Brushed, silvered, with applied yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel “feuille” hands. Notes Ref. 3372 was always sold with a "Bulletin de Marche". The stainless steel models are slightly different from the steel/gold and gold ones. In Italy in 1940, the cost of the center seconds model was 50 lire higher than the the one with subsidiary seconds. The caliber 620 was created in 1936 and was in regular production between 1940 and 1951. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 135.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
