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Black Dial

Early Chronographs (pre-Daytona) 4500 — Black Dial

Undated

Occasional black-dial version.

Steel 4500 with the rare black dial: gilt-printed tachymeter and telemeter scales, gilt Arabic numerals and registers at three and nine. · Photo: Monaco Legend Auctions · © Monaco Legend Auctions, used with permission · Source: https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-31/lot-20

Identifying details

Chronograph
Stopwatch function with registers.

Variants of 4500

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Variant	Production
Applied Markers, Multi-Scale	Undated
Luminous Markers	Undated
Black DialCurrent	Undated
9K Gold	Undated

Case & movement

Reference: 4500
Production: Undated
Case diameter: 36 mm
Movement: Manual winding
Date: No
Caliber: Valjoux 23

Dial, bezel & hands

Dial colour: Black

Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.

Movement

Valjoux 23

13-ligne hand-wound column-wheel chronograph, the two-register base of Rolex’s early chronographs including the 3484, 3525 and 4500.

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