Early Chronographs (pre-Daytona) 4113

The only split-seconds chronographSplit-seconds chronographA chronograph with two superimposed timing hands. One can be stopped to read an intermediate time while the other continues; releasing the stopped hand makes it catch up and run together with the other again. This allows comparison of events that start together. Rolex ever made: a 44 mm case with an unusually thin bezelBezelThe frame surrounding the crystal at the front of a watch. and the split pusher in the crown. All twelve were produced in 1942, and about eight have surfaced. The first Rolex to pass $1 million at auction (2011).