Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 274

Ref. 3525, ?Monoblocco? Rolex, ?Oyster Chronographe, Antimagnetique?, Ref. 3525. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and exceptionally rare, antimagnetic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch, round button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter with a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

CHF 95,000 - 115,000

USD 88,000 - 105,000 / EUR 60,000 - 70,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, curved lugs, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Champagne with blackened steel baton indexes and Arabic 6 and 12, outer black minute/seconds track, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost blue telemeter and black tachometer scale. Blackened steel baton hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 3525 Was one of the first Oyster Chronograph references and was available in stainless steel as well as 18K pink and yellow gold. When this watch first appeared in the early 1940s it cost 350 Swiss francs in stainless steel; in 18K gold it cost 935 Swiss francs.