Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 171

ROLEX REF. 2996 STEEL & PINK GOLD Rolex, case No. 133476, Ref. 2996. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, rectangular, curved, stainless steel and pink gold wristwatch with a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, pink gold sides, curved lugs, snap-on back. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. M. 7 1/2???, tonneau-shaped, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 28 x 41 mm. THICKNESS 9 mm.