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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 441

Ref. 3184 Stainless Steel ?Antimagnetic, Three-Tone Dial? Rolex, ?Oyster Chronograph Anti-magnetic?, Ref. 3184. Made circa 1935. Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel, water-resistant, mid-sized wristwatch with round-button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter and a stainless steel Rolex "grains de riz" bracelet.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 30,000 - 37,000 / USD 42,000 - 50,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down back and crown, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Three-tone, silvered, black painted baton indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, outer minutes and 1/5th second track with Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, blue painted telemeter scale, outer tachometer scale, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel ?baton? hands. M. 10 1/2???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 29 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx overall length 190 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-9-01

Good

Scratched

HANDS Original

Notes

The present watch is very rare and has a well-preserved original dial. The case bears the reference 3481 erased and stamped 3184 to distinguish this model from the chronograph 3481 without tachometer and telemeter. This watch?s 10 1/2??? chronograph movement was at the time the smallest chronograph in the world. This movement is also used in the so-called "Piccolino", Ref. 3055.