SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH Ref. 2022 Geneva, 16 May, 2007 Rare cushion-form silver chronograph wristwatch with registers Ref. 2022 Chronograph c.1929 CHF 40,000 – 50,000 US$ 33,100 – 41,400 SOLD CHF 93,600
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Ref. 2022 is an important model in the development of the Rolex chronograph. It is one of the first chronographs made by the company, one of the very few single-button models and one of the only cushion-form chronographs Rolex has manufactured. Additionally, it is highly unusual to find a Rolex chronograph in a silver case; interestingly, an advertisement from the 1930s displayed the model as available in either steel or gold, suggesting that silver was not a standard metal used in the production of this reference.
SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH Ref. 2057 New York, 5 December, 2005 Rare cushion-form single-button gold chronograph wristwatch with register Ref. 2057 ‘Anti-magnetique’ Chronograph c.1930 US$ 20,000 – 30,000 SOLD US$ 22,800
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