$39,600
Ref. 6034, ”Pre-Daytona” Rolex, Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic," Ref. 6034. Made in 1953. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and telemeter. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. Matte silver with embossed yellow gold pyramid indexes, Arabic numerals and luminous dots, minute track with 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer blue tachometer and red telemeter graduations. Yellow gold feuille 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 Ref. 6034 Produced in the 1950s and early 1960s, Ref. 6034 followed Ref. 4537, which was produced in 1946 in a very few examples, in yellow or pink gold, and stainless steel. Similar watches are published in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 429, 430, 431, 432, 486.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
