14,375 CHF
“Aerodynamic” Rolex "Prince, Officially Certified Chronometer” Super Précision, Aerodynamic", Ref. 3361. Launched at the 1939 Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich. Produced in the 1940s. Very fine and rare rectangular curved, asymmetrical, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Two-body, shaped, solid, polished, bearing a blank cartouche on the front. Silvered with applied gold triangular and square indexes. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. Notes Ref. 3361 This asymmetrical Rolex Prince wristwatch bears a cartouche in relief in which a monogram can be engraved if desired. When the watch is examined in profile, the difference in thickness between the top and of the bottom of the case becomes apparent. The present model has always been made in gold, never in stainless steel. It is called "Aerodynamic" in the 1940's advertisements. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani, Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 44, 45, 46 and 91.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
