Stainless steel, manual-winding, vertical rectangular square-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, square bezel, silver colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 9 and two horological complications:
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two rectangular-shaped push-pieces) with telemeter scale graduated in an Archimedean spiral for 1 000 metres
· Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
Caliber 10’’’ ½ (based on Valjoux 69 by Reymond Frères, Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux)
Height 34.8 mm.
Width 26 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
Rolex, Ref. 3529
This reference 3529 was 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.
Biography
· Patrizzi, Osvaldo, Collecting Rolex Wristwatches, Genova, Editions Guio Mondani, 2001, pp. 81, 403 to 405 and 483.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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