Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 258

ROLEX REF. 3668, STAINLESS STEEL AND PINK GOLD Rolex, ?Oyster, Chronograph, Antimagnetic", case No. 47957, Ref. 3668. Made circa 1938. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and a pink gold plated Rolex buckle. Accompanied by an email confirming the service at Rolex in 2009, at a cost of Sfr 7,162,95.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, engine-turned pink gold bezel with dot and baton hour divisions, pink gold patent Oyster winding crown, concave lugs. D. Silver with applied pink gold Arabic and Baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.