81,420 CHF
Ref. 8206, “Gabus” Rolex, “Precision", Ref. 8206. Case No. illegible. Made circa 1950. Very fine and rare, small, "carré galbé", 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and yellow gold Rolex buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, convex bezel, fluted lugs, snap-on back. Matte silver, applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, inner minute/seconds divisions with Arabic five minutes/ seconds markers, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, innermost “snail” tachometer. Yellow gold "Alpha" hands. Cal. 69, 10 1/2’', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 29 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Reference 8206 was called the “Gabus” in period advertising and was produced in pink and yellow gold only, from 1949 to 1952. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 409.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
