Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Mar 16, 2008
LOT 704
Ref. 6062 Yellow Gold Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, case No. illegible, Ref. 6062. Made circa 1953. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date and moon phases. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Rolex textured and polished tile-link bracelet with deployant clasp and date code for 1966.
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
USD 72,000 - 90,000 / EUR 50,000 - 60,000
Sold: CHF 88,800
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, inclined bezel. D. Satiné sunray silver with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month in black 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, 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 13 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-34 |
Good Restored by the manufacture |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-31-03 |
Good Transformations HANDS Period |
Notes
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.
Ref. 6062 was produced in 18K yellow and pink gold as well as stainless steel; Ref. 8171 was produced in 14K and 18K pink and yellow gold, as well as stainless steel. It is interesting to note than in period advertising this watch was referred to as the Oyster Perpetual ?COSMOGRAPH?, antimagnetic. In 1960, this watch cost 100,500 lire in stainless steel, 18K gold 280,500 and with 18K gold bracelet 434,500 Lire. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 282.