Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 193

Rolex, case No. 14281/14293, Ref. 2021. Produced in the 1930s. Very fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with olive-shaped single button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 18,000 / USD 17,000 - 21,000

Sold: CHF 20,700

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, gilt metal cuvette.D. Black with radium-coated Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 45-minute register dials,outer tachometer and telemeter graduation in Arabic numerals. Radium-coated "Skeleton" hands.M. Cal 16 1/2''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, p. 480.