The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 138

Ref. 3064 So Called ?Rigid Hooded Steel and Pink Gold? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Chronomètre?, Ref. 3064. Case No. 43496. Made in 1938. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with pink gold hooded lugs and stainless steel and pink gold expanding Oyster bracelet.

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000 / USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 19,470

C. Three-body, bi-colored, polished and brushed, pink gold bezel, hooded lugs and winding-crown, steel case. D. Matte pink with raised pink gold Arabic quarters and minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold ?baton" hands. M. Cal. 620, 9 3/4''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Superbalance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed Rolex, case signed Oyster Watch Co. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

Poor

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So-called ?Rigid Hooded? watches in such good un-restored condition are rarely found in the combination of steel and pink gold. The dial is exceptional because the hour numerals and the minute track are in relief. The caliber 9 3/4???, Ref. 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. 161.