Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 11, 2012
LOT 142
ROLEX REF. 3055 "PICCOLINO" Rolex, ?Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique?, case No. 44592, Ref. 3055. Made circa 1939. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold small-sized wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register and tachometer. To be sold without reserve
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
USD 11,000 - 16,000 / EUR 8,500 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 11,875
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer and telemeter scale. Yellow gold baton 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: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-10-01 |
Good Slightly scratched Patinated HANDS Original |