101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 308
Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Milgauss, Superlative Chronometer officially certified", Case No. M373865, Ref. 116400, Cal. 3131, 40 mm, circa 2008
An automatic Geneva wristwatch, anti-magnetic to 1000 Gauss in mint condition, with original box, Rolex leather card holder wallet, guarantee card and two Rolex tags
Case: steel, screw back ref. 2380, anti-magnetic protection cap, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, original sealed steel "Oyster" bracelet with Oysterclasp folding clasp and Easylink comfort extension link, clasp E09, bracelet length 150 mm, total length 190 mm. Dial: white, lightning-shaped orange seconds hand, rehaut with Rolex lettering and serial no.
This timepiece is in original mint condition with full factory foil!
Telecommunications, aviation and aerospace industries, medical imaging, research facilities – to name but a few of the many sectors where scientists, engineers and technicians are exposed to strong magnetic fields on a regular basis. The Oyster Perpetual Milgauss has been purpose-built for these environments. Its name is a combination of "mil" (a thousand), and "gauss", (the unit of magnetic flux density, named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss), and the wristwatch is resistant to a magnetic flux density of 1,000 gauss or tesla. Rolex uses its own parachrome spring and an escapement wheel made of a new paramagnetic material in the Milgauss. Ferromagnetic alloys provide the magnetic shielding protecting the movement. The original Milgauss was mostly sold for its unusual design – not many people needed a watch with all those functions the Milgauss provided. Thus the watch was never a big seller and Rolex discontinued the production in 1986. However, in 2007 Rolex relaunched the Milgauss with an outstanding design in three different styles: stainless steel with a white dial, stainless steel with a black dial and stainless steel with black dial and green glass. Since its comeback the Rolex Milgauss has come to be an extremely popular luxury timekeeper.
An automatic Geneva wristwatch, anti-magnetic to 1000 Gauss in mint condition, with original box, Rolex leather card holder wallet, guarantee card and two Rolex tags
Case: steel, screw back ref. 2380, anti-magnetic protection cap, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, original sealed steel "Oyster" bracelet with Oysterclasp folding clasp and Easylink comfort extension link, clasp E09, bracelet length 150 mm, total length 190 mm. Dial: white, lightning-shaped orange seconds hand, rehaut with Rolex lettering and serial no.
This timepiece is in original mint condition with full factory foil!
Telecommunications, aviation and aerospace industries, medical imaging, research facilities – to name but a few of the many sectors where scientists, engineers and technicians are exposed to strong magnetic fields on a regular basis. The Oyster Perpetual Milgauss has been purpose-built for these environments. Its name is a combination of "mil" (a thousand), and "gauss", (the unit of magnetic flux density, named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss), and the wristwatch is resistant to a magnetic flux density of 1,000 gauss or tesla. Rolex uses its own parachrome spring and an escapement wheel made of a new paramagnetic material in the Milgauss. Ferromagnetic alloys provide the magnetic shielding protecting the movement. The original Milgauss was mostly sold for its unusual design – not many people needed a watch with all those functions the Milgauss provided. Thus the watch was never a big seller and Rolex discontinued the production in 1986. However, in 2007 Rolex relaunched the Milgauss with an outstanding design in three different styles: stainless steel with a white dial, stainless steel with a black dial and stainless steel with black dial and green glass. Since its comeback the Rolex Milgauss has come to be an extremely popular luxury timekeeper.
Sold
estimated
5.500—7.000 €
Price realized
7.300 €