Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 235

So-called ?Pre-Daytona? Rolex Oyster Chronograph, "Anti-Magnetic", Ref. 6034. Produced circa 1950s. Very fine and extremely rare tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and telemeter. Accompanied by a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 55,000 - 75,000

EUR 35,000 - 50,000 / USD 45,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Black with applied gold ogival-shaped indexes and tritium dots, subsidiary sunk seconds, 12-hour and30-minute register dials, outer gold painted tachometer and telemeter graduations. Yellow gold "Alpha" hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Height 13 mm.Approx. overall length 185 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

Ref. 6034 Produced in the 1950s and at the beginning of the 1960s, Ref. 6034 succeeded Ref. 4537, which was produced in 1946 in a very few examples, in yellow or pink gold, and in stainless steel. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 429, 430, 431, 432, and 486