The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 305

Ref. 4767 Pink Gold So-Called ?Jean-Claude Killy? Rolex,?Oyster Chronographe, Anti-magnetique?, Ref. 4767. Case No 584461. Made in 1947. Very fine and extremely rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and triple date and 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 150,000 - 250,000

EUR 100,000 - 160,000 / USD 120,000 - 200,000

Sold: CHF 221,500

C. Two-body, massive, polished and brushed, screwed case back and crown, inclined bezel. D. Two-tone gilt with applied pink gold indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifth seconds and Arabic five minute/seconds, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer black painted graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-5-01

Good

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 4767 was the first Oyster chronograph with triple date and chronograph. This reference was produced in yellow and pink gold as well as stainless steel. Evolution of Ref. 4767 - 6036 - 6236. - Antimagnetic chronograph with triple date - Produced in few examples from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s in 18K yellow or pink gold and very few in stainless steel, with various dial designs and hand shapes and with four different references: - In the mid 1940s: Ref. 4767 - From 1948 to 1951: Ref. 5036 - From 1951 to 1955: Ref. 6036 Called by collectors the "Killy watch" (world ski champion in the 1960s), this reference was produced in 170 examples in yellow gold, 144 examples in pink gold and very few in stainless steel - From 1958 to 1962: Ref. 6236. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 473.