Rolex - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FOUR Hong Kong Monday, May 29, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1942
    Reference No: 3890
    Case No: 181'358
    Model Name: Zerographe
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Mechanical, 10 ½’’’, 17 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, 155 mm. maximum length
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex folding deployant clasp stamped 1.62
    Dimensions: 30.5 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    Complementing the previous Zerographe offered in this sale, is the present reference 3890. Presented in equally impressive condition, this example is distinguished by its red outer track and red chronograph seconds hands.

    Lovingly kept in virtually like-new condition in its over 70 year lifespan, this example still retains its original crown and green sticker.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Ref. 3890
A highly rare and equally historically important stainless steel single-button continuous fly-back chronograph wristwatch with bracelet

Circa 1942
30.5 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$1,200,000 - 2,000,000 
€144,000-241,000
$150,000-250,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FOUR

Hong Kong Auction 30 May 2017