Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 599

ROLEX, rEF. 6238, BLACK DiAL STAiNLESS STEEL Rolex, ?Chronograph?, case No. 1226389, Ref. 6238. Made in 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, black dial and a riveted stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. D. Matte black with applied lapidated steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer silver painted minute and fi fths of a second divisions, outermost tachometer scale, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, microstella regulating screws, shock absorber, self compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.