Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005
LOT 347
So-called ?Piccolino? Rolex "Anti Magnetic", Ref. 3055. Made in the 1930s. Very fine and extremely rare, small, 18K yellow gold mid-size wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, registers, tachometer and telemeter.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,000 - 25,000 / USD 25,000 - 32,000
C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Threetone silver with painted baton indexes, Arabic half-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. "Feuille" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 10 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-5* |
Good Poor Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-32 01 |
Good Slightly oxidized |