Rolex
REF 4500 'MONOBLOCCO' A STAINLESS STEEL AND YELLOW GOLD CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TACHOMETER AND TELEMETER SCALES AND REGISTERS CIRCA 1948
Rolex
Dial: silvered
Caliber: cal. 23 manual winding movement, 17 jewels
Case: stainless steel and yellow gold, solid screw down case back
Case number: 616270
Size: diameter 36 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Provenance:
The Rolex Ref. 4500 is one of the very few Oyster chronograph models to feature only two subsidiary dials, for constant seconds, and 30-minute register. As a result, the dial is rendered more symmetrical, and along with its round pushers and screw down case back, bears similarities to Patek Philippe's celebrated Reference 1463.
Reference 4500 was launched in the 1940s and was available in yellow gold, pink gold, stainless steel and in stainless steel and gold.
Various models of reference 4500 are described and illustrated in I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 206 - 221.
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REF 4500 'MONOBLOCCO' A STAINLESS STEEL AND YELLOW GOLD CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TACHOMETER AND TELEMETER SCALES AND REGISTERS CIRCA 1948
Rolex
Dial: silvered
Caliber: cal. 23 manual winding movement, 17 jewels
Case: stainless steel and yellow gold, solid screw down case back
Case number: 616270
Size: diameter 36 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Provenance:
The Rolex Ref. 4500 is one of the very few Oyster chronograph models to feature only two subsidiary dials, for constant seconds, and 30-minute register. As a result, the dial is rendered more symmetrical, and along with its round pushers and screw down case back, bears similarities to Patek Philippe's celebrated Reference 1463.
Reference 4500 was launched in the 1940s and was available in yellow gold, pink gold, stainless steel and in stainless steel and gold.
Various models of reference 4500 are described and illustrated in I Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 206 - 221.
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