95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 347
Rolex Oyster "Chronomètre Centregraph", Case No. 121341, Ref. 3462, Cal. Hunter 700 10,5'', 34 mm, circa 1938
An extremely rare and very fine one pusher flyback chronograph with continuously running seconds hand - observatory chronometer
Case: steel, screw back, milled bezel, screwed "Oyster Patent plus" winding crown, "Bonclip Bamboo" steel bracelet. Dial: silvered, Arabic numerals, red centre seconds hand. Movm.: bridge movement, "patented super balance".
Not even 50 examples of the Centregraph model were ever produced and those in stainless steel only. Like the Zerograph, the watch is a high precision tool that allows the wearer to determine intermediary consecutive units of time. This may be used for events such as sports competitions, car, motorcycle or bicycle races, where it is required to stop, reset to zero and restart the second hand in a single operation.
An extremely rare and very fine one pusher flyback chronograph with continuously running seconds hand - observatory chronometer
Case: steel, screw back, milled bezel, screwed "Oyster Patent plus" winding crown, "Bonclip Bamboo" steel bracelet. Dial: silvered, Arabic numerals, red centre seconds hand. Movm.: bridge movement, "patented super balance".
Not even 50 examples of the Centregraph model were ever produced and those in stainless steel only. Like the Zerograph, the watch is a high precision tool that allows the wearer to determine intermediary consecutive units of time. This may be used for events such as sports competitions, car, motorcycle or bicycle races, where it is required to stop, reset to zero and restart the second hand in a single operation.
estimated
65.000—85.000 €
Price realized
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