Rolex - Victory - 3136 - Unisex - 1900-1949

Express insured shipping by UPS 1-2 days in Europe.
Fast shipping same day payment.


B. HISTORY of the Model:

C14988 BNR. M.F. SMITH
The abbreviation “BNR” is likely connected to a Brigade Northern Region–type designation, a form of Canadian regional military identification used during the mid-20th century. As with many private-purchase military-era watches, the exact meaning cannot be fully confirmed, but the structure and format are consistent with Canadian military association.

this model sports a Black military dial with 24hour inside indexes between 1940s. it was made as the example of the victory at the WWII , and was indeed a popular rolex, with its shock resisting in the dial, for lots of outdoor duty , and also being such an example, is a great watch. Often called Canadian Rolex, these were made for soldiers, and sports a Swiss based FHF caliber modified by rolex, because the agreement that only Gruen could sell Aegler Rolex based watches in the US, and therefore , rolex tested these in Canada.

Plenty of non-Oyster Rolex/Tudors were sold with third-party cases. Rolex’s use of English Dennison cases is well-known, and they also used New York-made cases from companies like Pioneer, ID, and DiVincenzo etc..... Complete watches were often taxed more heavily than incomplete ones, and it’s unsurprising that Wilsdorf would be savvy about tariffs given his background in importing-exporting.Almost all Canadian Rolexes, which were largely sold to Canadian soldiers preparing for WW2, were powered by Fontainemelon FHF30 movements, which Rolex called “caliber 59” (and sometimes “caliber 65”) when used in their watches. It was widely believed that all Canadian Rolexes of the 1940’s had FHF30 movements, and in this case, there is no Rolex in dial, also for the import regulations. This is a chromed steel case, made in the USA, to avoid taxes and tariffs, therefore, no