Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 263

Ref. 3055, Pink Gold ?Piccolino? Rolex, ?Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique?, Ref. 3055. Made in the 1935. Very fine and extremely rare, small, 18K pink gold mid-sized wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register and tachometer.

USD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton and round indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 69, 10 1/2''', rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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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

Ref. 3055. This reference was first produced in the 1930's with olive-shaped pushers, and was re-edited in the 1950's with an updated dial and square pushers. In the 1930's, this watch with a movement of 10 1/2''', was the smallest chronograph ever produced worldwide. Produced in 20 examples in pink gold and 200 examples in yellow gold in the 1930's, it was considered at the time to be the smallest chronograph in the world. Very few examples were made in stainless steel. Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2001, pp. 395, 396, 397, 481. Ref. 3055