Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 237

So-called "Jean-Claude Killy". Rolex "Oyster Chronograph Anti-Magnetique", Ref. 6036. Produced in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 140,000 - 180,000

EUR 90,000 - 120,000 / USD 110,000 - 140,000

Sold: CHF 103,500

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month in blue Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Tritium-coated yellow gold "Dauphine" 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 12,5 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Ref. 6036 Antimagnetic chronograph with triple date. - Produced in few examples from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s in 18K yellow or pink gold and very few in stainless steel, with various dial designs and hand shapes and with 4 different references: - In the mid 1940s: Ref. 4767 - From 1948 to 1951: Ref. 5036 - From 1951 to 1955: Ref 6036, called by collectors the "Killy watch" world ski champion 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.