A FINE AND RARE PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
REF 8171 MVT 10441 PADELLONE CIRCA 1950
A FINE AND RARE PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
REF 8171 MVT 10441 PADELLONE CIRCA 1950 yellow gold diameter 38 mm , • automatic nickel-finished jewelled lever movement • silvered dial, applied faceted baton indexes, apertures for day and month in French , subsidiary dial for seconds combined with moon-phases, outer minute track, outer blue date with blue arrow hand • 18k yellow gold polished case, snap-on back • case dial and movement signed • with a gold plated Rolex buckleRolex, Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 CHF
, Sold
102,500 CHF
, A FINE AND RARE PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
REF 8171 MVT 10441 PADELLONE CIRCA 1950 yellow gold diameter 38 mm , • automatic nickel-finished jewelled lever movement • silvered dial, applied faceted baton indexes, apertures for day and month in French , subsidiary dial for seconds combined with moon-phases, outer minute track, outer blue date with blue arrow hand • 18k yellow gold polished case, snap-on back • case dial and movement signed • with a gold plated Rolex buckle, Rolex produced two watches with moon-phases: the present model, reference 8171, with a snap-on case back, and reference 6062, an Oyster model with a screw-down case back. Still with a strong case, this lot is a very desirable example of the reference 8171 which was produced in small numbers during only 3 years, from 1949 to 1952. They were made in stainless steel, 18k yellow and pink gold. The model got its nickname “Padellone”, the frying pan in Italian, because of its size of 38 mm, which was large for that period.
Please refer to Franca e Guido Mondani “1908-2008”-100 years of Rolex, p. 45
For a similar example, see Dowling, J. & Hess, J., The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches, p. 209.
