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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 495

Ref. 6241, Yellow Gold "Tiffany & Co." Rolex, ?Cosmograph, Daytona?, case No. 2118923, Ref. 6241. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. Made in 1969. Extremely rare and fine, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black bezel with tachometer graduated to 200UPH and a 14K gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 27,000 - 35,000 / USD 37,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 204,250

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the anti-reflective black bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color black and champagne with applied lapidated gold baton indexes, luminous dots, gold painted outer minutes and fifths of seconds, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, Microstella adjustment screws, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6241 This reference appeared in the Rolex catalogue in 1969 and 1970. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2006 Edition, vol. 1, p. 135.