Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 432

ROLEX REF. 2811 CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic, case No. 51965, Ref. 2811. Made in the 1930s. Very fine and rare, anti-magnetic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch, square-shaped button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back
D. Copper-color with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic 12 and 6, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer 1/5 seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, most outer telemeter and tachometer scales. Yellow gold baton hands.
M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIaM. 32 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.