Important Collector's Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
LOT 118
Ref. 4767 Jean-Claude Killy Rolex "Oyster Chronographe Anti-Magnetique", case No. 584318, Ref. 4767. Made in 1947. Very fine and very rare, early, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date calendar and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.
CHF 115,000 - 135,000
EUR 70,000 - 80,000 / USD 95,000 - 115,000
Sold: CHF 129,500
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, dedicated screwed-down case back and crown, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with recessed faceted baton indexes, luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month in light blue, concentric, 1/5th second scale, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Steel alpha hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
was the first Oyster chronograph with triple date and chronograph. This reference was produced in yellow and pink gold as well as in 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" (after the 1960s world ski champion), 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, Guido Mondani Editore, 2001, p. 473.