25,000 CHF
ROLEX REF. 6238 WITH TRANSITIONAL DIAL, STAINLESS STEEL Rolex, Chronograph, case No. 866523, Ref. 6238. Made in 1961. Exceptionally fine and very rare, stainless steel anti-magnetic wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. Satine silver with applied steel dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute track with Arabic 5 minute numerals. Luminous steel alpha hands. Cal. 72B, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
