Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial filson The icing on the cake

The icing on the cake is the condition – perfect and totally unworn

The case and bezel remain in good clean condition

The 34mm steel case is still strong

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Rolex Millgauss 1019 Silver Dial filson The icing on the cakeBefore 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