ROLEX JUBILEE VADE MECUM: I Step by Step; II The Evolution of the Wrist-Watch Chronometer; III How the Waterproof Watch Came Into Being; IV The Story of the Self-Winding Watch by Wilsdorf, Hans, with Alfred Chapuis and Eugene Jaquet - 1946

Geneva: Rolex Watch Co. Ltd., 1946. Book. Illus. by Hans Tomamichel. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Limited Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A four-volume set limited to 1,000 copies, this one being #341. Translated by R Grandvoinet. Covers decorated w/Rolex's five-point crown logo, title bands tipped on, 31, 29, 26, and 43 pages respectively, with limitation page at rear of each volume, the set housed in crown-decorated slipcase. All four volumes w/previous owner's signature, lightly tanned pages, in G edgeworn slipcase w/4" separation at left spine edge, considerably shorter edge separations elsewhere, minor chipping at corners. Quite scarce in first edition w/slipcase. (Apropos of nothing, but amusing to me because Rolex has a generally well-deserved reputation for accuracy and precision, the copyright page for Volume II credits the Roley Watch Co. Ltd. -- the other three volumes have it right.).