Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 283

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 a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

USD 100,000 - 130,000

EUR 80,000 - 100,000

Sold: USD 92,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold square and bâton 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 "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 12,5 mm.


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Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 3 - 5 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 01

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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 four 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" (Killy was an internationl 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.