Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 226

ROLEX REF. 3529, YELLOW GOLD SQUARE CHRONOGRAPH Rolex, Ref. 3529. Case No. 55029. Made circa 1940. Very fine and extremely rare, square, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and a yellow gold-plated Rolex buckle. Accompanied by the original guarantee

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

HKD 205,000 - 290,000 / USD 26,500 - 20,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, sharp angles, straight lugs, snap-on back. D. Matte silver with polished gilt baton indexes and black Roman quarter- hour numerals, inner minute/fifths of a seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, innermost ?snail? tachometric scale in blue painted Arabic numerals. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 10 1/2???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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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: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

A fine example of the Ref. 3529 original unrestored dial and well-preserved case. Ref . 3529was produced in very few examples from 1939 to 1942 and was available in stainless steel as well as in 18K pink and 18K yellow gold.