Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 11, 2014

LOT 80

ROLEX REF 2508, PINK GOLD, BLACK DIAL Rolex, "Antimagnetic", case No. 37166, Ref. 2508. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, large, 18K pink gold wristwatch with olive button chronograph, 30-minute register, telemeter and tachometer

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

HKD 258,000 - 348,000 / USD 34,000 - 46,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. Black with painted gilt Arabic numerals, outer minute/ seconds track with Arabic five minute/ seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. pink gold epee hands. 14 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-7-01

Good

Oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. A wonderful example of a second generation of the reference 2508, characterized by its rectangular chronograph buttons. Always loved by collectors due its large flat bezel enhancing its diameter, this is only the third example in pink gold with black dial to have been offered at auction.