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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 286

Rolex, Ref. 3529. Manufactured in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, square, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,600 - 15,000 / USD 9,400 - 11,700

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, sharp angles, domed crystal, straight lugs.D. pink with painted radial Roman numerals and indexes, "guilloché" subsidiary sunk seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer graduation for the seconds, at the center, spiral tachometric scale in blue painted Arabic numerals. Blued steel "Feuille" hands.M. Cal. 10 1/2''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 26 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 26 - 01

Notes

Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 81, 403 to 405 and 483.