Rolex. A lady's rare and unusual 18K pink gold automatic wristwatch with horn-shaped lugs, bracelet and box
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Rolex. A lady's rare and unusual 18K pink gold automatic wristwatch with horn-shaped lugs, bracelet and box

SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL, SUPER PRECISION, RETAILED BY SERPICO Y LAINO, REF. 8199, CASE NO. 668'013, MANUFACTURED IN 1949

Closed14 May 2012

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Rolex. A lady's rare and unusual 18K pink gold automatic wristwatch with horn-shaped lugs, bracelet and box
Signed Rolex, Perpetual, Super Precision, retailed by Serpico Y Laino, Ref. 8199, case no. 668'013, manufactured in 1949
Automatic jewelled movement, silvered dial, applied dagger and baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case, central horn-shaped lugs, 18K yellow gold Rolex two-string bracelet and clasp, case and movement signed by maker, dial signed by maker and retailer
23 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Rolex period fitted cardboard presentation box.

The present ref. 1558 is a rare example of one of Rolex's lady's wristwatches of the late 1940s, distinguished by the unusual case design and the use of an automatic movement, at the time a rather uncommon feature in a watch of such comparable small size. It is furthermore distinguished by its very good and original overall condition and the retailer signature Serpico y Laino, Rolex's representative in Caracas, Venezuela.