Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992
LOT 87
Rolex Chronograph, Ref. 2303, circa 1926 . Very fine and rare, small, 18ct gold gentleman's wristwatch, with single button chronograph, register and tachometer .
HKD 170,000 - 200,000
CHF 35,000 - 40,000
C. massive, polished . D. mat silver, with radiumed Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 10 1/2? rhodiumed, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph . Dial, case and movement signed. In.very good condition. Diam. 29 mm.
Notes
A similar watch is published in "Orologi Rolex", page 49.
This watch is the smallest chronograph ever produced
by Rolex.
Under this reference number, we find chronographs of
10 1/2? with different shapes, cases and dials, always
produced in very small series, sometimes in 1 or 2
examples only.