Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 11, 2013
LOT 292
ROLEX REF. 2801 SINGLE BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Rolex, Genève, Chronograph, case No. 25684, Ref. 28D1. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel Staybrite pocket watch with co-axial button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.
USD 3,000 - 4,000
HKD 23,000 - 31,000 / CHF 2,900 - 3,800
Sold: USD 5,625
Three-body, "bassine" polished. Two-tone silver with painted Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th second divisions with Arabic five minute/ second markers, outermost red tachometer and black telemeter scales, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds at 6 and the 30-minute register at 12. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-01 |
Good Oxidized HANDS Original |