183,750 CHF
ROLEX REF 6062 YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer", case No. 942503, Ref. 6062. Made in 1952 . Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date and moon phases. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, inclined bezel, correctors on the bands, screwed-down case back and crown. Silver with applied yellow gold faceted pyramidal and dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month in blue Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. 9 3/4''', rhodium-plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. The Ref . 6062 was produced from 1949 to 1953, with 350 examples in yellow gold, 50 examples in pink gold and very few in stainless steel. This reference features a great variety of indexes; with the rarest being the diamond indexes and then the star indexes. Very few examples have black dials, and only two are known with black dial and diamond indexes. Watches with black dials always had the moon featured on a black enamel sky. It is interesting to note that in Rolex's advertisement the Ref. 6062 was referred to as the COSMOGRAPH. This example has been kept in r Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10
