£1,400
1928 Rolex Oyster rose gold cushion case dress watch, 28mm case, silver sector dial with champagne chapter ring, blue steel hands and Arabic numerals, subsidiary second dial, (currently running)
Inside of case signed RWC LTD Rolex 20 worlds records, Great Britain patents 250554/1925
274.789, Swiss patents 114.948 120.851, serial number 22092. Hallmarking for 9ct gold,
Dublin Assay Office 1928/29.
15 jewel Rolex Extra Prima movement, two screws to crown wheel, timed to 6 positions, for
all climates.
Movement ticking.
Introduced in 1926, early Rolex Oyster such as the one pictured here you will see four patents
listed: two "Great Britain Patents" 260554/1925 and 274789, and below them two "Swiss
Patents" 114948 and 120851. These are a British and a Swiss patent for each of two
inventions. The first British / Swiss pair (260554 / 114948) were for the waterproof screw
down crown; the second pair (274789 / 120851) were for the waterproof Oyster case.
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