Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, May 10, 2020

LOT 368

Rolex - Ref. 3484, chronograph, minute recorder; “Chronographe Antimagnetique”; stainless steel

HKD 130,000 - 156,000

USD 16,500 - 19,800 / EUR 15,000 - 18,000 / CHF 16,500 - 19,800

Stainless steel, manual-winding, round-shaped, anti-magnetic, gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, silver colour dial with gilded suspended Arabic numerals and dots, subsidiary seconds at 9 and two horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two rectangular push-pieces) with telemetric scale graduated for one kilometre and tachometric scale graduated for 1 000 metres • Half-instantaneous 60-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock).


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3 *
Dial: 3-6-10-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Patinated

HANDS Original

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model “Chronographe Antimagnetique”

Reference 3484

Year circa 1946

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 047 716

Material stainless steel

Bracelet brown leather strap

Buckle stainless steel buckle

Diameter 32.8 mm.

Caliber 13’’’ (based on Valjoux 23)

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories original fitted box

Notes

The certificate mentioned that this watch was sold by the Chronométrie Philippe Béguin, Geneva, on April 15, 1946.

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Rolex, Ref. 3484
This reference was produced from 1939 to 1949, in stainless steel and in gold.
Bibliography

Patrizzi, Osvaldo, Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches, Genova, Guido Mondani Editions, 2001, pp. 406, 407 and 483.