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	==Movement notes==		==Movement notes==

	~~Auction catalogues usually describe~~ a manual movement ~~with~~ 17 ~~jewels~~. Antiquorum ~~prints “13~~-~~ligne”~~ for some ~~watches~~ and an uncertain “14?~~-ligne”~~ for its 1992 ~~example~~. ~~These~~ are movement~~-size descriptions rather than~~ caliber numbers.		Phillips describes its 2023 example as a manual 17-jewel movement; Sotheby's lists a mechanical 17-jewel movement. Antiquorum gives 13-ligne measurements for some examples and an uncertain “14?” for its 1992 lot. Those are movement sizes, not caliber numbers.

	Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.		Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.

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	==Movement notes==		==Movement notes==

	Auction catalogues usually describe a manual movement with 17 jewels. Antiquorum prints “13~~'''”~~ for some watches and an uncertain “14?” for its 1992 example. ~~Both figures~~ are ~~ligne measurements~~ rather than caliber numbers.		Auction catalogues usually describe a manual movement with 17 jewels. Antiquorum prints “13-ligne” for some watches and an uncertain “14?-ligne” for its 1992 example. These are movement-size descriptions rather than caliber numbers.

	Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.		Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.

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Rolex ref. 2022 is a crown-operated, single-button chronograph with a cushion-shaped case. Auction catalogues document examples in silver, stainless steel and yellow gold, dated individually to the 1930s.

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable"
! Detail !! Documented record
|-
| Reference
| 2022
|-
| Family
| Early non-Oyster Rolex chronograph
|-
| Dated examples
| Auction houses date examples to the 1930s; Pârvulesco gives 1930–1940. Neither is a confirmed factory production span.
|-
| Controls
| One chronograph button coaxial with the winding crown in the catalogued examples
|-
| Registers
| Seconds and 30-minute counter in documented two-register examples
|-
| Case
| Cushion-shaped; some catalogues describe a snap-on back
|-
| Documented case materials
| Silver, stainless steel and yellow gold in auction records
|-
| Reported measurements
| 32 mm diameter; 32 × 32 mm; 32 × 36 mm; and 33 × 33 mm, depending on the lot
|-
| Movement
| Manual, 17 jewels in several catalogues. Published caliber identifications conflict; see Movement notes.
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

The 2022 is an early Rolex wrist chronograph with one control mounted coaxially with the winding crown. That control starts, stops and resets the chronograph in the documented examples, leaving the case flank without a separate pair of pushers.

==Production outline==

Auction houses date individual ref. 2022 watches to the 1930s. Pârvulesco's ''Rolex classiques'' gives 1930–1940. These are published dates for examples and a book's date band; the factory run remains undated.

The sale records show silver, steel and gold cases. They are separate sale appearances rather than a production sequence, and several omit case numbers. Sotheby's case 365'414, for example, appears again in a 2025 listing preserved by EveryWatch: one identified case across two sales.

==Movement notes==

Auction catalogues usually describe a manual movement with 17 jewels. Antiquorum prints “13'''” for some watches and an uncertain “14?” for its 1992 example. Both figures are ligne measurements rather than caliber numbers.

Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.

==Dial map==

The auction sample shows more than one dial treatment. Antiquorum's silver 1992 example has black Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds and a 30-minute register. Its steel 2002 example has a two-tone silver dial, Breguet numerals and a blue pulsometer scale. A yellow-gold 2004 lot is described with a champagne dial, applied gold markers and an Arabic 6.

Gold examples offered in 2010 and 2023 have multi-scale dials, respectively described as black and silvered. Antiquorum omits a case number for its 2010 lot; Phillips lists 12043 for the 2023 example. The records leave open whether these are separate cases, one watch with a changed dial, or repeat appearances.

==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==

The catalogued cases are cushion-shaped; Antiquorum calls its 2010 gold example tonneau-shaped. Reported dimensions vary by lot: 32 mm diameter at Sotheby's, 32 × 32 mm at Phillips and Antiquorum in 2010, 32 × 36 mm for Antiquorum's 2004 gold watch, and 33 × 33 mm in its 1992 and 2002 records. These measurements should stay attached to their individual watches rather than be reduced to one standard size.

The crown is also the chronograph button. Sotheby's describes case 365'414 as silver with a snap-on back; Antiquorum records the same caseback type on its 2010 gold example. The reviewed catalogues leave the reference-wide bezel and crystal specifications undocumented.

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File:Ref 2022 case profile.webp|Case flank and crown, silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback.webp|Snap-on caseback of silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
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==Bracelets, clasps, and packaging==

Antiquorum describes a steel Rolex bracelet with its 2002 steel example. Phillips records an alligator strap and signed gold Rolex pin buckle on its 2023 gold example. These descriptions document the items associated with individual lots; original delivery, standard bracelet fitment and reference-wide packaging remain unresolved.

==Auction record==

The table keeps each measurement and description with the catalogue that reported it. Some records may describe repeat appearances; case numbers provide a firm match where catalogues report them.

{| class="wikitable"
! Sale !! Case or lot !! Catalogue record
|-
| Antiquorum, 30 November 1992, lot 44
| Case number unreported
| Silver, 33 × 33 mm; Breguet numerals; “14?”-ligne, 17-jewel movement
|-
| Antiquorum, 30 November 2002, lot 18
| Case number unreported
| Steel, 33 × 33 mm; two-tone silver dial and pulsometer; 13-ligne, 17-jewel movement; steel Rolex bracelet described
|-
| Antiquorum, 12 December 2004, lot 604
| Case number unreported
| Yellow gold, 32 × 36 mm; champagne dial; 13-ligne, 17-jewel movement
|-
| Antiquorum, 8 May 2010, lot 285
| Case number unreported
| Yellow gold, 32 × 32 mm; black multi-scale dial; snap-on back; 13-ligne, 17-jewel movement
|-
| Sotheby's, 10 June 2021, lot 272
| Case 365'414
| Silver, 32 mm diameter; silvered dial; snap-on back; mechanical 17-jewel movement; catalogued circa 1935
|-
| Phillips, 13 May 2023, lot 170
| Case 12043
| 18K yellow gold, 32 × 32 mm; silvered multi-scale dial; manual 17-jewel movement; catalogued circa 1930s
|-
| FutureGrail, November 2025, lot 146 (record preserved by EveryWatch)
| Case 365'414
| Later listing of the Sotheby's case. The archived record gives 36.5 × 32.1 mm and a 13-ligne, 17-jewel movement; the primary lot page is unavailable, so those added details remain secondary.
|}

== Gallery ==

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File:Ref 2022 hero.webp|Silver ref. 2022, case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 case profile.webp|Case profile of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback.webp|Plain snap-on back of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
</gallery>

== Sources ==

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-143-44 Antiquorum catalogue department, "Rolex ref. 2022 silver monopusher, Antiquorum Milan, 30 November 1992, lot 44", Antiquorum, 1992-11-30]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-18 Antiquorum catalogue department, "Rolex ref. 2022 steel monopusher, Antiquorum Geneva, 13 April 2002, lot 18", Antiquorum, 2002-04-13]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-51-604 Antiquorum catalogue department, "Rolex ref. 2022 yellow-gold monopusher, Antiquorum Geneva, 24 April 2004, lot 604", Antiquorum, 2004-04-24]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-235-285 Antiquorum catalogue department, "Rolex ref. 2022 yellow-gold multi-scale monopusher, Antiquorum Geneva, 8 May 2010, lot 285", Antiquorum, 2010-05-08]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/important-watches-3/reference-2022-a-very-rare-silver-cushion-form Sotheby's Watches Department, "Rolex ref. 2022 silver monopusher, Sotheby's New York, 10 June 2021, lot 272, case 365'414", Sotheby's, 2021-06-10]
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080223/170 Phillips Watches Department, "Rolex ref. 2022 yellow-gold multi-scale monopusher, Phillips Geneva, 13 May 2023, lot 170, case 12043", Phillips, 2023-05-13]
* [https://everywatch.com/rolex/2022/watch-15675940 "EveryWatch archive of FutureGrail November 2025, lot 146 — Rolex ref. 2022, case 365'414", EveryWatch; underlying sale by FutureGrail, 2025-11-14]
* [https://assets-pub.adilibre.io/FIC/316055/684b5fc8beb62a733322208c4af2ea43a8d8c913a35a83fcd106a15a4ac51a0e.pdf ''Constantin Pârvulesco, Rolex classiques: Une histoire en 50 montres, 1927–1987, 2nd ed., p. 33'' — Constantin Pârvulesco; expert note by Romain Réa, ETAI, 2022]
* [https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/0b5fdf83/files/uploaded/1.0%20RolexBook-23Mar.pdf Colin A. White, "The Vintage Rolex Field Manual — antique chronograph table, ref. 2022", Morning Tundra]

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