ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL TRIPLE CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TWO-TONE DIAL

SIGNED ROLEX, CHRONOGRAPH, ANTIMAGNETIC, REF. 4768, CIRCA 1948

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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL TRIPLE CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TWO-TONE DIAL
Signed Rolex, Chronograph, Antimagnetic, Ref. 4768, circa 1948
With nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, mono-metallic compensation balance, champagne two-tone dial with Arabic and disc numerals, apertures for day and month, outer ring for date, three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, circular case with down-turned teardrop lugs, case, dial and movement signed, with stainless steel Rolex buckle
35mm diam.

拍品專文

Rolex commenced production of the reference 4768 during the 1940's, incorporating one of the most complicated movements that the company employed, the Valjoux 72C. The design of the case with its faceted teardrop lugs provides a striking contrast to the similarly complicated and sportier reference 6036. Rolex manufactured few examples of the reference 4768 and the present watch provides a further level of interest with the addition of the two-tone dial.

For some further examples of this reference see I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editor, pp. 366-371 and Dowling and Hess, Rolex Wristwatches, The Best of Time, p. 230.