50,400 CHF
Yellow Gold, Ref. 6034 Rolex, “Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic”, case No. 630472, Ref. 6034. Made in 1960. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, concave lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes with Arabic 12, outer minute/seconds divisions with Arabic five minute/seconds markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outermost telemeter and tachometer scales. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes The reference 6034 was made from 1946 until the early 1960s and replaced ref. 4537. References 6034, 6234 and 6238 are called ‘Pre-Daytona’ by collectors.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
