Rolex. An exceptional and very attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with pink dial
Lot 250 FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Rolex. An exceptional and very attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with pink dial

SIGNED ROLEX, ANTIMAGNETIC, REF. 3666, CASE NO. 041'914, CIRCA 1938

Closed9 November 2015

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CHF 106,250

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Rolex. An exceptional and very attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with pink dial
Signed Rolex, Antimagnetic, ref. 3666, case no. 041'914, circa 1938
Based on Cal. Valjoux 22 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, pink dial, applied baton and Arabic numerals, fifth of a second combined with Arabic five minutes divisions, blue telemetre scale, outer tachymetre scale graduated to 1000 units per hour, two sunken engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, circular case, snap on back, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

While Rolex production in current times is characterized by a relatively high output, this was definitely not the case during the first half of the past century. The overall production of the house at that time indeed had much more restricted numbers, but some timepieces, like early chronographs, seem to have been produced in exceedingly small numbers. Reference 3666 is one of these relics from a time past. The public market, all auction houses combined, has so far seen only a handful of such pieces.
When this rarity is combined with the pink dial - making this example a pink-on-steel watch, one of the most aesthetically pleasing and unusual combinations of case and dial - and its absolutely outstanding condition, very close to as-new, the result is a timepiece of boundless charm and collectability which would be a treasured addition the most important and refined Rolex collections.