Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 497

Ref. 3525, So-Called ?Monoblocco? Rolex, ?Oyster Chronograph, Antimagnetic?, case No. 463*0, Ref. 3525. Made circa 1940, retailed by Verga. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 45,000 - 55,000 / USD 60,000 - 75,000

Sold: CHF 118,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back with engraved dedication, screwdown crown, concave lugs. D. Brushed silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic 6 and 12, outer minute/fifths of a second track, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost tachometer and blue telemeter graduations. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed Rolex, case signed Oyster Watch Co. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

It is rare to find this reference with such an attractive unrestored dial. The reference 3525 and the old ?Paul Newman? references are the most soughtafter by collectors. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 422.