$38,400
Ref. 6234, Oyster Chronograph Rolex, Oyster Chronograph, Antimagnetic, Ref. 6234. Made in the late 1950s. Very fine and rare,water-resistant, 14K yellowgoldwristwatchwith round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and telemeter. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. Matte silver with applied faceted gold dart indexes and luminous dots. Subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the tachometer in blue, the telemeter in red and for the 1/5th second in black. Luminous gold alpha hands. Cal. 72 B, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Micrometer regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Ref. 6234 Was made from the 1940s to the 1960s. The reference appears in the Rolex catalogues until 1963.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
