Rolex. A rare 18ct pink gold chronograph wristwatchRef:3525, 1940s

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Lot 70
Rolex. A rare 18ct pink gold chronograph wristwatchRef:3525, 1940s

Sold for £ 14,937 (US$ 18,303) inc. premium
Rolex. A rare 18ct pink gold chronograph wristwatch
Ref:3525, 1940s
17-jewel movement, monometallic balance, silvered dial with Arabic and dagger hour markers, subsidiaries for running seconds and 30 minute marking, outer tachometer and telemetric scale, round polished case with two push buttons to the band, screw down crown and screw down back fitted leather strap wuth 9ct gold clasp, case, dial and movement signed 38mm.

Footnotes

  • The Ref:3525 was produced from 1940-1942 in very few examples in pink gold, 18ct gold, stainless steel, and steel and gold, a similar watch is published in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches the 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi Genova, pp. 67, 308, 324, 325, 326 and 377.
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