44,840 CHF
Ref. 6034 Stainless Steel So-Called “Pre-Daytona” Rolex, “Oyster Chronographe, Anti-Magnetic", Ref. 6034. Case No. 907337. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and a stainless steel riveted Oyster bracelet. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. Matte silver with applied steel teardrop indexes and luminous dot markers, minute track with fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer black painted tachometer and blue painted telemeter graduations. Luminous steel “Alpha” hands. Cal. 72A, 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. Property of an Asian Collector Notes A similar watch is published in “Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol. I, pp. 120-124.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
