Rolex – An Oyster Perpetual ‘Bubble Back’

Reference: 4486

Serial: 596958

Year: circa 1947

Bezel: Smooth

Case Material: Yellow Metal, Stainless Steel Case Back

Case Diameter: 24mm

Dial: Silvered, Gold-Tone Poire Hands

Numerals: Gold-Tone Arabic Numerals, Minute Track

Crown: Rolex Twinlock

Movement: Rolex Calibre 530 8 ¾ Ligne Automatic Jewelled Movement

Complication: Seconds Subsidiary Dial at six o’clock

Strap: After-Market Black Leather

Inner Circumference: Approximately 14.5cm at smallest, 18.5cm at widest

Buckle: After-Market Gold-Plated Buckle

Box: No

Papers: No

Gross Weight: 24.3 grams

Condition Report

The watch is currently running intermittently, no long-term tests have been performed and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

A full service is advised on all watches and pocket watches once purchased.

Surface scratches, scuffs and dents throughout.

Scratches and scuffs to crystal.

Very slight wear to dial.

Wear to teeth on case back.

Crown not functioning correctly. Hands change as expected and crown can wind the movement. However, the crown becomes detached when unscrewed from screwed-down position.

Significant wear to after-market-strap. Fixed strap loop is broken.

No Box. No Papers.

Note that the online condition report may not mention mechanical replacements or imperfections to the movement, case, dial, pendulum, separate base(s) or dome.

Watches with water-resistant cases may have been opened to examine movements, but no warranties are given regarding their water resistance.

Note that this piece is available to view, and we recommend that you do as that we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of individual components, such as wheels, hands, crowns, crystals, screws, bracelets, and wrist bands, since subsequent repairs and restoration may have changed the original components. Also, we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of any engraving or re-engraving on watch cases, case backs, bracelets, straps, or internal movements.