24,780 CHF
Ref. 3055, Pink Gold, So-Called “Piccolino” Rolex, “Chronograph, Anti-Magnetique”, Ref. 3055. Made circa 1952. Very fine and extremely rare, small, 18K pink gold mid-sized wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a gold-plated Rolex buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, downturned lugs. Cream with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold “dauphine” hands. Notes Ref. 3055. This reference was first released in the 1930s with olive button chronograph and then relaunched in the 1950s with the same reference and square button chronograph. In period advertising this reference was stated to be the smallest chronograph in the world. It was available in stainless steel at a cost of 1025 Lire or in 18K yellow or pink gold for 2000 Lire. In the same advertisement a Rolex 18K gold chronograph pocket watch was priced at 1920 Lire. Examples of this reference are illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani, Editore, 2006 Edition, Vol I, pp. 86 to 88; Vol. II, pp 97-100.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
