Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 425

Stainless steel Ref. 6202 ?Turn-O-Graph? with White Honeycomb Dial Rolex, ?Turn-O-Graph, Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, case No 953739, Ref. 6202. Made in 1953, sold in 1954. Extremely rare and very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, tonneaushaped, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, with bi-directional revolving black bezel. Accompanied by an original chronometer certificate and ?Bulletin de marche?.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 38,000 / USD 33,000 - 50,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, black graduated revolving bezel with arrow showing the zero point. D. White with flinqué honeycomb decoration, and applied steel baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track. Steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 620, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Superbalance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

It is very unusual to find a reference 6206 in such a good condition and with a white honeycomb dial. Ref. 6202. Was the first watch in the so-called professional line. This watch is characterized by its revolving bezel, which allows the watch to be used as a chronograph for timing events with a duration of less than one hour. The watch was also available in stainless steel and gold. For the Italian market, the model cost 58,800 Lire in stainless steel, and 62,000 Lire with a stainless steel bracelet. The stainless steel and gold model cost 76,000 lire and with bracelet 94,500 lire. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani 2006 Edition, Vol II, p 283.