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Lot Essay
Marketed as a "tool" watch the Turn-O-Graph is commonly accepted as one of the "godfathers" of all Rolex sports-watches to follow, most notably the Submariner and consequently the Sea Dweller but also the GMT-Master.
The Turn-O-Graph was presented at the 1953 Basel Fair. Despite the Turn-O-Graph's brilliant concept the model was at the time not as successful as expected by Rolex mainly due to the simultaneous in-house competition from the Submariner and the GMT-Master. Thus only very few examples were produced and even fewer have survived.
The Turn-O-Graph was presented at the 1953 Basel Fair. Despite the Turn-O-Graph's brilliant concept the model was at the time not as successful as expected by Rolex mainly due to the simultaneous in-house competition from the Submariner and the GMT-Master. Thus only very few examples were produced and even fewer have survived.