Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 234

?Monoblocco? Rolex Oyster Chronographe Antimagnétique, Ref. 4048. Produced in the 1950s. Very fine tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman,s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer.

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000 / USD 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 48,300

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with black Arabic numerals , guilloché sunk subsidiary seconds, 30-minute and 12 hour-register dials, outer tachometer scale. Radium-coated "bâton" hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Height 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3 - 5*
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

This extremely rare model is very much sought-after by collectors. It is certainly the first chronograph with three registers and screwed-down case back made by Rolex. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1998, pp. 329 and 379