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Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 678
Staybrite Ref. 2508 Rolex, case No. 025320, Ref. 2508.Made in the 1940s. Very fine and extremely rare, large, ?Staybrite? stainless steel wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.
CHF 55,000 - 72,000
USD 50,000 - 65,000 / EUR 35,000 - 45,000
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Three-tone matte silver and sector dial, painted black baton indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, inner blue snail tachometer scale, outer minute/seconds track with Arabic five numerals, outermost telemeter scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blackened steel baton hands. M. 14???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-9-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Scratched HANDS Original |
Notes
Reference 2508 was first produced in the late 1930s in 18K yellow gold and stainless steel with olive-shaped push-buttons, a 14''' movement and a 38 mm diameter. Later, it had square pushbuttons, a 13''' movement and a case that was 2 mm smaller. Antiquorum sold this ref., in stainless steel with sector dial, retailed by Astrua, Torino, in May 2006, the Mondani collection sale, lot 86.