The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 137

Ref. 2303, ?Single Button Chronograph? Rolex, Ref. 2303. Case No. 17890. Made in 1935, retailed by Ronchi Milano. Very fine and extremely rare, small, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with co-axial button chronograph, registers, tachometer and the original Rolex leather strap and gold buckle.

CHF 30,000 - 50,000

EUR 20,000 - 32,000 / USD 24,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 88,500

C. Two-body, brushed, concave lugs. D. Two-tone, ?Sector? with printed baton indexes and Arabic 6 and 12, outer minutes and fifth second divisions, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer. Blued steel ?feuille" hands. M. Cal. 10 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balancespring. Index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 28.5 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-5-01

Good

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

When reference 2303 was launched it was advertised as ?the smallest chronograph in the world?. This Reference was available in stainless steel and 18K and 14K yellow gold. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, pp. 390, 391.