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	* [https://www.windvintage.com/ Wind Vintage — 3525 pow]		* [https://www.windvintage.com/ Wind Vintage — 3525 pow]
	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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			== Related references ==

			The 3525 is the first Oyster chronograph and the centrepiece of the [[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs\|pre-Daytona chronograph]] line. The Monoblocco case work and Cal. 13 (Valjoux 23 VZ) movement set the template for the 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs that followed.

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	* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/ Rolex Magazine — corporal]		* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/ Rolex Magazine — corporal]
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 monoblocco 2019]		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 monoblocco 2019]
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/ Sotheby's — 3525 monoblocco 2020]
	* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/ Antiquorum — 3525 mondani 2006]
	* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/ Antiquorum — 3525 brownlee 2023]
	* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/ Antiquorum — 3525 verga 2024]
	* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/ Antiquorum — 3525 pinkblack 2024]
	* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/ Antiquorum — 3525 yellow 2012]
	* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/watches Phillips — 3525 dickins]		* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/watches Phillips — 3525 dickins]
	* [https://alpha-hands.com/ Alpha Hands — 3525 research]		* [https://alpha-hands.com/ Alpha Hands — 3525 research]

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	* [https://hautetime.com/ Haute Time — 3525 wwii]		* [https://hautetime.com/ Haute Time — 3525 wwii]
	* [https://www.windvintage.com/ Wind Vintage — 3525 pow]		* [https://www.windvintage.com/ Wind Vintage — 3525 pow]
	* The Vintage Rolex Field Manual~~, Chevalier Edition~~ — ~~unknown~~, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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	<small>Chronograph → '''3525'''</small>		<small>Chronograph → '''3525'''</small>

	The 3525 is ~~the~~ first. ~~Before it,~~ Rolex ~~had built~~ chronographs ~~(the 2021 single-pusher, the 2508 with its Valjoux 22, the 3330 with its hinged gold case)~~, but none ~~inside the patented Oyster case. The 3525 put a chronograph movement behind~~ a screw-down ~~crown and a screw-down caseback for~~ the ~~first time, and it sits as~~ the technical ~~ancestor of everything that runs from~~ the 6034 ~~through the~~ 6238 ~~to the~~ Daytona. ~~Italian collectors gave the reference two names that both stuck:~~ ''Monoblocco'' for the ~~construction (~~upper ~~half — bezel, mid-~~case~~, lugs — machined from one block of metal, only the caseback separate),~~ and ''Barilotto'' ~~(“little barrel”)~~ for ~~the silhouette~~.		The 3525 is Rolex’s first Oyster chronograph. Earlier Rolex chronographs existed, but none in a screw-down Oyster case. That makes the 3525 the technical starting point for the later 6034, 6238, and Daytona line. Collectors call it ''Monoblocco'' for the one-piece upper case and ''Barilotto'' for its barrel-like profile.

	It is also the watch that Rolex shipped, on credit, to Allied officers held in German prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War. One of those watches ended up at Stalag Luft III, the camp of the Great Escape. That example, with its paperwork fully intact, sold at Antiquorum in 2007 for £66,000.		It is also the watch that Rolex shipped, on credit, to Allied officers held in German prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War. One of those watches ended up at Stalag Luft III, the camp of the Great Escape. That example, with its paperwork fully intact, sold at Antiquorum in 2007 for £66,000.