Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial MWC_Material_Saffiano_Leather Presented here is a particularly

Presented here is a particularly attractive example from that era

- 36mm steel case on leather strap

The watch is powered by the automatic Caliber 2226/2840

The dial would have originally been white

As with so many of these dials (as also often seen with the Maxi Mk1 dials) the original tritium hour markers are still very fresh and white

Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial MWC_Material_Saffiano_Leather Presented here is a particularlyBefore 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