The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 198

Ref. 4134 ?Pink Gold Chronometer? Rolex ?Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, Ref. 4134. Case No. 461069. Made in 1946. Fine and very rare, oversized, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with pink gold-plated Rolex buckle.

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000 / USD 6,300 - 9,500

Sold: CHF 21,240

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, snap on domed back. D. Silvered with applied gold baton indexes and Roman quarters, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 9 3/4''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 4134 was produced in limited numbers from 1942 to 1947 and is one of the very few self-winding Rolex watches with snap-on back. 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 61.