The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 803

Ref. 6062 ?Yellow Gold? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, Ref. 6062, with ?Super Oyster? crown. Case No. 916568. Made in 1952. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

CHF 100,000 - 120,000

EUR 65,000 - 75,000 / USD 80,000 - 90,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed down case back, and ?Super Oyster? crown. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes with luminous dots, subsidiary seconds, 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. M. 9 3/4''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.


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Case: 3-15

Good

Slightly rusted
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6062. 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. Rolex produced only three references with full calendar: Ref. 6062 (the present lot, with Oyster case); Ref. 8171; and the Gold Precision Chronograph Moonphase Model, Ref. 81806, only produced as a prototype, according to Rolex correspondance dated Aug. 22, 1986. Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 278 to 283 and 380.