ROLEX REF. 3668 OYSTER CHRONOGRAPH STEEL AND YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic", case No. 279358, Ref. 3668. Made circa 1944. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter with a gold plated Rolex buckle. | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces | Hong Kong, 22nd February 2014
ROLEX REF. 3668 OYSTER CHRONOGRAPH STEEL AND YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic", case No. 279358, Ref. 3668. Made circa 1944. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter with a gold plated Rolex buckle., Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, engine-turned yellow gold bezel with dot and baton hour divisions, screwed-down case back and crown, yellow gold plated patent Oyster winding crown. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minutes/ seconds division, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer telemeter scale, outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
