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Rolex Split-Seconds Chronograph 4113

“4113”

–NOT RATED
NR
Vintage grade not rated: too few recorded sales to grade it honestlyToday's call · Not enough data

Not ranked: too few recorded sales

Retail (1942)$500
Market today (estimate)$1,800,000–3,000,000
Vs retail+479900%
1-yearn/a

Market range is an estimate from dealer and auction pricing: too few recorded eBay sales to set it.

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Market price history

20162020202220242026 $2,400,000

Average market price for an example in excellent condition. Dashed line marks the 1942 retail price.

Investment scorecard

Momentum50Measured price direction: the median recorded sale of the last 4 months against the median of 8 to 12 months ago. 50 means flat; small samples are pulled toward 50.
Liquidity0How easily it sells: recorded sales in the last 12 months (300 or more scores 100) and eBay's 90-day sell-through rate.
Scarcity85Demand against supply. For modern pieces, how far the market sits above or below current retail, plus a lift if production has ended. For vintage, how rarely one comes up for sale.
Value entry50Where the latest quarter's median sale sits inside its own 3-year range. Buying near the low scores high; buying at the high scores low.
Condition safety59How safe a typical example is: the age of the design, plus how tightly sale prices cluster (a wide spread means condition and originality swing the price).

The story

The only split-seconds chronograph Rolex has ever made, with an extra hand that can stop to time a lap while the main hand keeps running.

Only around a dozen were produced, reportedly for racing teams, and at 44mm it was huge for the 1940s.

Examples have sold at auction for well over two million dollars, putting it among the most valuable Rolexes ever sold.

It almost never comes to market. This page exists so you know what one is if it ever does.

Our verdict: The rarest Rolex chronograph. A once-a-decade auction event.

Configurations

Sizes44mm
Case & braceletOystersteel (stainless)
Factory braceletLeather strap
Factory bezelsSmooth steel
Notable dialsSilver with tachymeter
CaliberValjoux 55 VBR
Production1942 (discontinued)

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