Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011
LOT 295
ROLEX REF. 3055 "PICCOLINO" Rolex, ?Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique?, Ref. 3055. Made circa 1935. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K pink gold mid-sized wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register and tachometer with a gold plated Rolex buckle.
HKD 80,000 - 95,000
USD 10,000 - 12,000 / EUR 7,500 - 9,000
Sold: HKD 156,250
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold lapidated 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''', rhodium-plated, 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.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |