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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR
LOTS 48-71
ROLEX. A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STAINLESS STEEL "CHRONOGRAPH" WRISTWATCH
SIGNED ROLEX OYSTER, ZEROGRAPH, CHRONOMETER, REF:3346, NO. 142587, CIRCA 1940
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ROLEX. A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STAINLESS STEEL "CHRONOGRAPH" WRISTWATCH
Signed Rolex Oyster, Zerograph, Chronometer, Ref:3346, No. 142587, circa 1940
Nickel finished 18-jewel mechanical movement adjusted to six positions, silvered dial with Roman and baton markers, outer minute track and red centre seconds hand, tonneau shaped case with rotating milled bezel having Arabic five minute markers, screw down crown and back, sinle pusher in the band, stainless steel riveted "Oyster" bracelet, dial, case, movement and bracelet signed.
32mm diam.
Signed Rolex Oyster, Zerograph, Chronometer, Ref:3346, No. 142587, circa 1940
Nickel finished 18-jewel mechanical movement adjusted to six positions, silvered dial with Roman and baton markers, outer minute track and red centre seconds hand, tonneau shaped case with rotating milled bezel having Arabic five minute markers, screw down crown and back, sinle pusher in the band, stainless steel riveted "Oyster" bracelet, dial, case, movement and bracelet signed.
32mm diam.
Further details
The Rolex Zerograph Ref:3346 and Centregraph Ref:3462 are arguably the first "Oyster" chronographs. The watches differ in the fact that the Zerograph has a calibrated bezel while the Centregraph has a milled bezel with dot and baton markers. These watches were created by adding a return mechanism to the standard 10 1/2 ligne hunter sweep seconds movement. This allowed the wearer to time a single event by rotating the bezel to match the minute hand and returning the second hand to zero, by means of the pusher then measuring the elapsed time on the bezel.