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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 227

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Milgauss", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1019, sold on 17 November 1990. Very fine and rare waterproof, centre second, selfwinding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with stainless steel Rolex Jubile bracelet and certificate.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 10,925

C. polished, satined, screwed back and crown, dust protecting cap. D. satined silver with radiumed indexes. "Baton " radiumed steel hands. M. 12 1/2"' rhodium plated, 26 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is pubished in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches, by Osvalclo Patrizzi, Guido Mondaui Editore, Genova, 1998, pp. 264-265 and 275. Ref. 1019 "Milgauss". Most good watches resist to magnetic fields of 60 to 70 Gauss, but the "Milgauss" keeps its bewildering precision in magnetic fields up to 1000 Gauss. Carl Friedrich Gauss, German Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist (1777 - 1855). Author of important works on celestial mechanics, geodesy, magnetism, electromagnetism and optics. His modern conception of the abstract nature of mathematics allowed him to extend the field of the theory of numbers. He was the first to discover the non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry. Gauss - magnetic induction unit, symbol g in the C.G.S. system.