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SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL, REF:8971, NO. 285, CIRCA 1950
Details
ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH TRIPLE CALENDAR AND MOON PHASE
Signed Rolex, Perpetual, Ref:8971, No. 285, circa 1950
Nickel finished self-winding movement with patented Super-Balance, silvered dial with Arabic and baton hours, day, month and moon phase aperture, outer date ring and subsidiary seconds, circular case with snap on back and down-turned lugs
38mm diam.
Signed Rolex, Perpetual, Ref:8971, No. 285, circa 1950
Nickel finished self-winding movement with patented Super-Balance, silvered dial with Arabic and baton hours, day, month and moon phase aperture, outer date ring and subsidiary seconds, circular case with snap on back and down-turned lugs
38mm diam.
Literature
For an example of this reference in stainless steel see, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches, 2001 edition, pp. 70-71
Further details
Ref:8171 was produced in yellow gold, pink gold and stainless steel from 1949 to 1952.