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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 388

Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Milgauss " , Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1019, retailed by Tiffany & Co. New York, 1960's. Fine and rare waterproof, centre second, selfwinding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet.

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

C. polished, satined, screwed back and crown. D. satined silver with radiumed indexes. "Dauphine" radiumed steel hands. M. 12 1/2"' rhodium plated, 26 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, self= compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 14-35

Damaged

To be restored
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-51

As new

Partially reprinted

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. i1is 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.