Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
New York, Jun 18, 2008
LOT 63
Ref. 4767 So-Called Jean-Claude Killy Rolex "Oyster Chronographe Anti-Magnetique," Ref. 4767. Made in the late 1940s. Very fine and very rare, early, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date calendar and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.
USD 80,000 - 120,000
EUR 52,000 - 80,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and pyramid indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, outer graduation for the date, concentric, 1/5th second scale, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Yellow gold feuille hands, blued steel arrow for the date. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, 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: 3-9* |
Good Scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
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.