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| [[Reference:3346|3346]] || Auction estimates for examples range c.1937–1942; factory span unconfirmed || Steel Oyster case, 31–32mm in auction catalogues; rotating 60-unit bezel || Manual; 10 lignes in the Field Manual and 10½ in auction descriptions; no numbered caliber established || One pusher and central seconds; hold-to-zero action in Christie's and Sotheby's descriptions, with Phillips wording differing; Zerographe and Centregraph names both occur | | [[Reference:3346|3346]] || Auction estimates for examples range c.1937–1942; factory span unconfirmed || Steel Oyster case, 31–32mm in auction catalogues; rotating 60-unit bezel || Manual; 10 lignes in the Field Manual and 10½ in auction descriptions; no numbered caliber established || One pusher and central seconds; hold-to-zero action in Christie's and Sotheby's descriptions, with Phillips wording differing; Zerographe and Centregraph names both occur | ||
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| [[Reference:3462|3462]] || Individual catalogue dates: 1930s–c.1942; production span unknown || Steel Oyster case; 29–29.5mm in auction descriptions, 32mm in the Field Manual; milled or reeded bezel described || Manual, 10½-ligne in auction records and 10 lignes in the Field Manual; no numbered caliber established || Single pusher and central timing seconds; Centregraph name; dial layouts include Arabic and Roman numerals | |||
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| [[Reference:3525|3525]] || 1939–1945 || ~35mm Monoblocco Oyster, screw-down crown and back; pump pushers || Rolex Cal. 13 (Valjoux 23 VZ base) || One of Rolex’s earliest two-pusher Oyster chronographs; earlier Oyster monopushers existed; one-piece upper case (''Monoblocco'' / ''Barilotto''); the WWII POW reference; Corporal Clive James Nutting's Stalag Luft III watch (case 185,983) was documented as sold "gratis" to Nutting in 1943 | | [[Reference:3525|3525]] || 1939–1945 || ~35mm Monoblocco Oyster, screw-down crown and back; pump pushers || Rolex Cal. 13 (Valjoux 23 VZ base) || One of Rolex’s earliest two-pusher Oyster chronographs; earlier Oyster monopushers existed; one-piece upper case (''Monoblocco'' / ''Barilotto''); the WWII POW reference; Corporal Clive James Nutting's Stalag Luft III watch (case 185,983) was documented as sold "gratis" to Nutting in 1943 | ||
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* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 Monoblocco lot] (2019). Glossy black gilt steel example, case 186,144, c.1942. | * [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 Monoblocco lot] (2019). Glossy black gilt steel example, case 186,144, c.1942. | ||
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 Monoblocco lot] (2020). Silvered dial steel example, case 372,822, c.1945. | * [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 Monoblocco lot] (2020). Silvered dial steel example, case 372,822, c.1945. | ||
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091717 Christie’s, ref. 3462, case 161’501, 2008] | |||
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6079995 Christie’s, ref. 3462, case 161’489, 2017] | |||
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-140-184 Antiquorum, ref. 3462, lot 184, 1992] | |||
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-66-71 Antiquorum, ref. 3462, lot 71, 2000] | |||
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/116718 Phillips, ref. 3462, Hong Kong Watch Auction: SIX] | |||
* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/watches Phillips — 3525 Dickins POW lot]. RAF Wing Commander Douglas S. Dickins. | * [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/watches Phillips — 3525 Dickins POW lot]. RAF Wing Commander Douglas S. Dickins. | ||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/11293/lot/164/rolex-an-attractive-pink-gold-and-stainless-steel-chronograph-wristwatchref-3668-circa-1956/ Bonhams — 3668 pink gold and steel chronograph] (17 May 2004). Catalogued "circa 1956"; estimate CHF 40,000. | * [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/11293/lot/164/rolex-an-attractive-pink-gold-and-stainless-steel-chronograph-wristwatchref-3668-circa-1956/ Bonhams — 3668 pink gold and steel chronograph] (17 May 2004). Catalogued "circa 1956"; estimate CHF 40,000. | ||