46,020 CHF
Ref. 6034 Stainless Steel So-called “Pre-Daytona” Rolex, “Oyster Chronographe, Anti-Magnetique", Ref. 6034. Case No. 907348. Made in 1952. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and a stainless steel expanding Oyster bracelet. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. Matte silver with applied yellow gold teardrop indexes and Arabic 12, 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 “Dauphine” 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 This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 429.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
