Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial MWC_Material_Saffiano_Leather perfectly complementing the handset

perfectly complementing the handset

- 36mm steel case on leather strap

custom made by maybe the most important and influential jeweller on Bond Street in London

Presented here is a particularly attractive example from that era

Accompanying the watch are the original punched big chronometer timing papers

Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial MWC_Material_Saffiano_Leather perfectly complementing the handsetBefore the Rolex Milgauss came along, scientists had a real problem. Magnetic fields as low as 50 to 100 gauss could already throw a mechanical watch completely off. In environments where precision mattered, that simply didnt cut itso it was either deal with an unreliable watch or leave it off the wrist altogether. Rolex stepped in with a proper solution. In the 1950s, the Milgauss was tested by CERNthe worlds leading particle physics laband proved