Rolex. An extremely fine, rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with champagne dial, telemetre and tachymetre scales and  bracelet
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Rolex. An extremely fine, rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with champagne dial, telemetre and tachymetre scales and bracelet

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER CHRONOGRAPHE, ANTIMAGNETIQUE, REF. 3525, CASE NO. 185'896, CIRCA 1942

Closed13 May 2013

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CHF 81,250

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Rolex. An extremely fine, rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with champagne dial, telemetre and tachymetre scales and bracelet
Signed Rolex, Oyster Chronographe, Antimagnetique, ref. 3525, case no. 185'896, circa 1942
Cal. 13''' 23 VZ mechanical lever movement, 17 jewels, champagne dial, black baton and Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, outer Arabic five minute divisions, blue telemetre and black tachymetre scales, two engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, large circular water-resistant-type case, screw back and screw down crown, two round chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted expandable bracelet and deployant clasp stamped 4.51, case, dial and movement signed
35 mm. diam.

Specialist note

The present watch is certainly one of the most exclusive, attractive and best preserved examples of the celebrated reference 3525 chronograph to appear in public in recent years.

It features a very attractive and beautifully aged champagne dial, free of any cosmetic enhancements and the case shows hardly any wear and has not suffered from any polishing. In fact, its proportions remain crisp, most evident to the beholders eye are the sharp edges of the lugs.

Production of reference 3525 was launched in 1939.

The present watch is prominently illustrated and described in I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, p. 172.