Rolex Chronograph 3055

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Condition: Excellent
Year of Production: 1930
Case Size: 30mm
Case Material: Rose gold
Dial Color: Black
Bracelet/Strap: Leather
Movement Type: Manual
Box: No
Papers: No
Location: Switzerland
Description

Rolex Ref. 3055, Pink Gold So-Called 'Piccolino' Rolex, 'Chronographe, Anti-Magnetique', Ref. 3055. Made in the 1930s. Very fine and very rare, small, 18K pink gold wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle. | Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces. | Geneva, 13th November 2010

Rolex Ref. 3055, Pink Gold So-Called ?Piccolino? Rolex, ?Chronographe, Anti-Magnetique?, Ref. 3055. Made in the 1930s. Very fine and very rare, small, 18K pink gold wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle., CHF 11,000 - 16,000 USD 11,000 - 16,000 / EUR 8,000 - 12,000Sold: CHF 17,500 C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte black with applied pink gold faceted indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 69, 10 1/2''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 11 mm.