Live Auction 3905Rare Watches & Important Discoveries
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Black Dial
Lot 129

Rolex. A Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Black Dial

Signed Rolex, Antimagnetic, Ref. 3484, Case No. 041'498, Circa 1940

Closed16 December 2015

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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Black Dial
Signed Rolex, Antimagnetic, Ref. 3484, Case No. 041'498, Circa 1940
Cal. 13''' mechanical movement, 17 jewels, black dial, applied Arabic and baton numerals, fifths of a second and Arabic five minute divisions, outer gilt tachymeter scale, outer gilt telemeter scale, two engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, circular case, slim downturned lugs, snap on back, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
33mm diam.

Property of an Important European Collector

Specialist note

Reference 3484 was in production from 1939 to 1948 and was cased either in stainless steel or gold. The present example is an extremely rare and unusual non-luminous gilt black dial. To find this watch in such stunning and original condition is a remarkable discovery.

The model is described and illustrated in I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 132 & 133.