The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 324

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Milgauss, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1019, end of the 1980's, sold on February 5, 1993.Very fine and rare water-resistant to 50 m., centre-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with stainless steel Oyster bracelet, in original fitted box and original certificate.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 20,700

C. three body, polished and brushed, screwed case back and crown, anti-magnetic protecting cap.D. satiné silver with tritium-coated indexes. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 1580, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 1019 Milgauss.Most of the good watches resist to magnetic fields of 60 to 70 Gauss, but the Milgauss keeps its bewildering precision in magnetic fields up to 1000 Gauss.Carl Friedrich Gauss, German Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist (1777 - 1855).Author of important works on celestial mechanics, geodesy, magnetism, electromagnetism and optics, his modern conception of the abstract nature of mathematics allowed him to extend the field of the theory of numbers. He was the first to discover the non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry.Gauss - magnetic induction unit, symbol g in the C.G.S. system.This reference is published in Rolex catalogues from 1966 to 1990.Similar watches are published in Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex, 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, pp. 264, 265 and 275.