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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 723

Jean-Claude Killy Rolex, "Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic", case No. 944015, Ref. 6036. Made in 1953. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and triple date.

CHF 90,000 - 110,000

USD 80,000 - 100,000 / EUR 56,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 102,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, inclined bezel. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramid indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 72C, 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-6-01

Fair

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Rolex's Antimagnetic chronograph with triple date were produced in few examples from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s in 18K yellow or pink gold and in very few examples in stainless steel, with various dial designs and hand shapes and with 4 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 international ski champion Jean-Claude Killy, who first became famous in the 1960s). 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. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 472- 477 and 486.