Rolex Chronograph 3668

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Condition: Excellent
Year of Production: 1940
Case Size: 35mm
Case Material: Rose gold and Stainless steel
Dial Color: Rose
Bracelet/Strap: Stainless Steel and Gold
Movement Type: Automatic
Box: No
Papers: No
Location: Switzerland
Description

Rolex Ref. 3668. Stainless Steel And Pink Gold Rolex, 'Oyster, Chronograph, Antimagnetic", case No. 145263, Ref. 3668. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and a steel and pink gold Rolex Oyster expanding bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve | Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces. | Geneva, 13th November 2010

Rolex Ref. 3668. Stainless Steel And Pink Gold Rolex, ?Oyster, Chronograph, Antimagnetic", case No. 145263, Ref. 3668. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and a steel and pink gold Rolex Oyster expanding bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve CHF 40,000 - 60,000 USD 40,000 - 60,000 / EUR 30,000 - 45,000 C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, engine-turned pink gold bezel with dot and baton hour divisions, pink gold patent Oyster windingcrown, concave lugs. D. Pink with black painted Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer telemeter scale, outermost tachometer scale. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm.