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ROLEX, "PICCOLINO" REF 3055 FINE AND VERY RARE, MINIATURE, 18K PINK GOLD MANUAL-WINDING ANTIMAGNETIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
Lot 2769

ROLEX, "PICCOLINO" REF 3055 FINE AND VERY RARE, MINIATURE, 18K PINK GOLD MANUAL-WINDING ANTIMAGNETIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH

CIRCA 1930

Closed29 May 2008

Price Realised

HKD 125,000

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ROLEX, "PICCOLINO" REF 3055

FINE AND VERY RARE, MINIATURE, 18K PINK GOLD MANUAL-WINDING ANTIMAGNETIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
CIRCA 1930

Cal. 69, 17 jewels, monometallic screw balance, in-line escapement, the black dial with pink gold applied hour markers, outer one-fifth minute divisions, pink gold alpha hands, two engine-turned subdials for small seconds and minute counter, in three-part case, domed crystal, snap-on back, two olive-shaped chronograph pushers in the band, Rolex buckle, case, dial and movement signed
Diameter: 29 mm.

Specialist note

US$10,000-15,000
EUR6,700-10,000

Proclaimed as the smallest chronograph wristwatch in the world, the reference 3055 was first produced in the 1930s. It was relaunched in the 1950s with square chronograph pushers.