Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 233

ROLESIUM ?DIDACTIC? RETAILED BY BUCHERER Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual?, ?Didactic?, case No. 48191. Made circa 1935 and retailed by Bucherer?s. Fine, rare and early, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, Rolésium wristwatch.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

HKD 12,500 - 20,000 / USD 1,600 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 1,875

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown. D. Brushed silver with applied gilt baton indexes, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gilt baton hands. M. Cal. 8 3/4???, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed Rolex, case signed Oyster Watch Co., dial also signed Bucherer?s Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-10*

Good

Patinated

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch is an early example of an ?Oyster Perpetual?, the case bears no reference number and the movement is engraved with instructions informing watchmakers how to correctly disassemble the movement. Another example of the so-called ?Didactic? was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, May 14th, 2006, lot 229 for 33,000 Swiss Francs.