Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 185
ROLEX, REF 4099 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL ROLEX REF. 4099 Rolex, "Chronographe, Anti-Magnetic", No. 583145, Ref. 4099. Made circa 1944. Very fine and rare, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
HKD 50,000 - 66,000 / USD 64,000 - 8,500
Three-body, polished and brushed, flared fluted stainless steel lugs, concave bezel, snap-on numbered case back. Silvered with applied gilt index markers and 12, 6 Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, minute/ seconds division, inner blue telemeter scale, outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. based Valjoux 23, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-53-01 |
Very good Reprinted HANDS Original |