Showing posts with label Chronographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chronographs. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Three Of The Absolute Rarest Vintage Rolex Chronographs, Ever: The 4113 Split-Seconds, The Hermes Paul Newman, And The Zerographe


When you talk about Rolex chronographs, this is the one that stands above all the rest.  The 4113 is the only Rolex to break the $1 million mark at public auction, back in 2011 when this example ended up at 1.17M.  So what makes the 4113 so special?  First, it's gigantic - 44mm.  It's incredibly rare - only 12 were made, while just 8 have surfaced, mostly from the original families.  It features an unusually thin bezel (for a Rolex), and wears like a thoroughly modern watch, though all 12 were produced in 1942.  But what makes this guy SO special, and SO valuable is that little extra button popping out of the crown - the 4113 is the only split-seconds chronograph to be built by Rolex, ever.