122,500 CHF
ROLEX, REF. 6240, SO-CALLED SOLO ROLEX, STAINLESS STEEL Rolex, case No. 1206032, Ref. 6240/6239. Made circa 1965. Very fine and extremely rare, early, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, anti-reflective black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color black and silver with applied black steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/ seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 72B, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung fl at balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes During the economic boom of the Sixties, Rolex was searching for new solutions more in tune with the era's craving for progress. This generated the creation of the 6240 reference: a totally waterproof chronograph, equipped for the fi rst time with screw down pushers. The initial steps were experimental, and it appears that the present lot is one of the earliest examples ever manufactured. It is a kind of preproduction model, created before the reference 6241, and distinguished by a low serial number, close to 1.2 million. Obviously, the acr Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
