Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 593

Yellow Gold, Ref. 6034 Rolex, ?Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic?, case No. 630472, Ref. 6034. Made in 1960. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 43,000 - 50,000

USD 40,000 - 46,000 / EUR 27,000 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 50,400

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes with Arabic 12, outer minute/seconds divisions with Arabic five minute/seconds markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outermost telemeter and tachometer scales. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal 72, 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

Good

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The reference 6034 was made from 1946 until the early 1960s and replaced ref. 4537. References 6034, 6234 and 6238 are called ?Pre-Daytona? by collectors.