ROLEX REF. 3055 "PICCOLINO" Rolex, 'Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique', case No. 44592, Ref. 3055. Made circa 1939. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold small-sized wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register and tachometer. To be sold without reserve | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces | Geneve, 11th November 2012
ROLEX REF. 3055 "PICCOLINO" Rolex, ?Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique?, case No. 44592, Ref. 3055. Made circa 1939. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold small-sized wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register and tachometer. To be sold without reserve CHF 10,000 - 15,000 USD 11,000 - 16,000 / EUR 8,500 - 12,000Sold: CHF 11,875 C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer and telemeter scale. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 69, 10 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
