Live Auction 2735Important Watches
Christie’s roundel
Lot 2677

ROLEX, REF. 2508 PINK GOLD MANUALLY-WOUND ANTIMAGNETIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH PINK DIAL

RETAILED BY ASTRUA, CASE 37168, CIRCA 1935

Closed2 December 2009

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ROLEX, REF. 2508

PINK GOLD MANUALLY-WOUND ANTIMAGNETIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH PINK DIAL
RETAILED BY ASTRUA, CASE 37168, CIRCA 1935

Calibre 14''', 17 jewels, bronze satined dial, tachymetric and telemetric scales, small seconds, minute counter, three-part case in 18k pink gold, plastic crystal, snap on case back, olive-shaped pushers, gold-plated Rolex buckle, case and movement signed by maker, dial signed by maker and retailer
Diameter: 36 mm.

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US$8,000-12,000
EUR5,800-8,400

Reference 2508 was introduced into the market in the mid 1930s. The first generation featured oval chronograph buttons, such as the present watch, whereas the second series were fitted with rectangular pushers.
Different versions of reference 2508 are described and illustrated in I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, p. 80-91.