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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 326

Ref. 6034 Stainless Steel So-Called ?Pre-Daytona? Rolex, ?Oyster Chronographe, Anti-Magnetic", Ref. 6034. Case No. 907337. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and a stainless steel riveted Oyster bracelet.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000 / USD 32,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 44,840

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Matte silver with applied steel teardrop indexes and luminous dot markers, minute track with fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer black painted tachometer and blue painted telemeter graduations. Luminous steel ?Alpha? hands. M. Cal. 72A, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an Asian Collector


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is published in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol. I, pp. 120-124.