An early stainless steel single button cushion case chronograph wristwatch

SIGNED ROLEX, CASE NO. 1223, 1920S

Details
An early stainless steel single button cushion
case chronograph wristwatch
Signed Rolex,
case no. 1223, 1920s
The nickel plated movement jewelled to the centre with monometallic balance, the pink gilt dial with Arabic numerals, outer tachymetric and telemetric scales, subsidiary dials for running seconds and elapsed minutes, blued steel hands, sweep centre seconds operated by a single button in the winder, the steel cushion case with solid bar lugs, chamfered bezel and snap on back, case, dial and movement signed

32 mm. sq.
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The glass for this lot is missing.

Lot Essay

Further progression from the earliest style seen in lot 355, this watch retains the same early Valjoux movement but introduces stainless steel as a case material and now has lugs which look less of an afterthought.

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