Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 13, 2012
LOT 292
ROLEX ADVERTISING DISPLAY BOARD Rolex, Geneva. Made for the Middle Eastern market in the 1960s. Rare, painted wood, fabric and metal advertising board for ?Rolex Red Seal? chronometer certification.
CHF 2,500 - 4,500
USD 2,700 - 5,000 / EUR 2,000 - 3,700
Sold: CHF 2,500
Baord painted with a lake with water lilies and a dusky sky, applied gilt metal ?ROLEX? beneath the crown logo and Arabic script, inscribed further ?Every Rolex Chronometer is Offi cially Certifi ed by Swiss Government Testing Station and carries this ?Rolex Red Seal? ? It?s your guarantee of accuracy?, applied red seal, gilt wood rope-twist borders, red painted aluminium back, the top curved over and covered with fabric with tasseled fringe and four further tassels. Dim. 78 x 40 cm. In good condition.
