Rolex

circular nickel lever movement, 17 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, silvered dial, Breguet numerals, cushion form polished case, fixed bar lugs, the chronograph mechanism actuated through push button in crown, case with Glasgow import mark for 1929, case, dial and movement signed

Gobbi, P., I Cronografi Rolex, pp.72-75.

Patrizzi, O., Orologio da Polso, Rolex, 1993, p.36.

Reference 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 manufactured. Additionally, it is highly unusual to find a Rolex chronograph in a silver case and it is interesting to note that 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 reference’s production.

LITERATURE

The present lot is illustrated in Pucci Papaleo, Editore, I Cronografi Rolex, La Leggenda, p.72-73.