Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 230

ROLEX REF 3484 STEEL Rolex, ?Chronographe Antimagnetic?, Ref. 3484. Case No. 039587. Made in the 1940?s. Very fine and very rare, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter. Accompanied by fitted box and guarantee

CHF 8,500 - 12,500

HKD 71,000 - 105,000 / USD 9,100 - 13,400

Sold: CHF 31,250

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, straight lapidated lugs, narrow bezel, snap on case back. D. Two tone ivory and silver with applied black baton indexes and Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer blue telemeter and outermost tachometer graduations . Blued steel ?baton? hands. M. 13??, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm. From the family of the original owner


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-10-01

Very good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 3484 was produced from 1939 to 1949 in stainless steel and in gold. Rarely found at auction, this particular example has been extremely well conserved during the years mostly due to the conservation of its original box and even more amazingly the original warranty sold on June 21st 1940 in Padova at the retailer Ermanno Bergamo. The case is in extremely good condition with all numbers and Rolex crown on the outside of the caseback deep and mint. The dial has aged evenly with slight oxydation and the movement has been kept in superbly clean condition.