Important Collectors Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Oct 14, 2007
LOT 177
Ref. 3529, Pink Gold ?Square? Rolex "Antimagnetique", Ref. 3529. Case No. 53458. Made in 1946. Very fine and extremely rare, square, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 18,000 - 25,000 / USD 25,000 - 33,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, sharp angles, straight lugs. D. Gold with painted upright Roman numerals and baton indexes, inner minute/fifths of a seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, innermost ?snail? tachometric scale in blue painted Arabic numerals. Blued steel "baton" 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. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-7* |
Good Oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-01 |
Good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Notes
was produced in very few examples from 1939 to 1942 and was available in stainless steel as well as in 18K pink and 18K yellow gold. It is extremely rare to find an early chronograph in such untouched condition.
A similar watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, ?The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wristwatches?, May 14, 2006, lot 160.