138,700 CHF
Ref. 6034 “Pink Gold Oyster Chronograph” Rolex, “Oyster Chronographe, Anti-Magnetique”, with “Super Oyster” crown, Ref. 6034. Case No. 692382. Made in 1950. Very fine and extremely rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow Rolex buckle. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, “Super Oyster” crown. Off-white with applied gold pyramidal and double baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions with Arabic five minute/seconds markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale. Pink gold “Alpha” hands. Notes Reference 6034 was made in stainless steel as well as 18K yellow gold and very few in 18K pink gold. This reference replaced reference 4537 in 1946. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 432.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
