82,600 CHF
So-called "Jean-Claude Killy" Rolex, "Oyster Chronographe Antimagnetic", Ref. 6036, case No. illegible. Produced in the 1950s. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date and an yellow gold plated Rolex buckle. To be sold without reserve Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back and crown. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month in blue Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Luminous yellow gold "Alpha" hands. Notes Ref. 6036 Antimagnetic chronograph with triple date. - Produced in few examples from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s in 18K yellow or pink gold and very few in stainless steel, with various dial designs and hand shapes and with 4 different references. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, vol. I, pp. 169-170.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
