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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 174

Rolex, Oyster, Chronograph Antimagnetique, Ref. 6234, 1950?s.Very fine and rare, tonneau shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and pulsometer.

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold square indexes and Arabic numerals, tritium dots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer blue graduations for the pulsometer graduated for30 pulsations. ?Alpha? tritium-coated gold hands.M. 13???, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: * 4 - 5
Dial: 4-5-21-01

Fair

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Period

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6234This reference was produced in 18K yellow gold and in stainless steel since circa 1958, and remained in the Rolex catalogues for the Italian Market until 1963.A similar watch is published in Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex, 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, pp. 337-338 and 380.