Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Jun 13, 2023
LOT 148
Rolex
Ref. 6036, chronograph, minute and hour counters, triple date à guichets (with apertures); “Anti-magnetic”; so-called “Jean-Claude Killy”; 18K yellow gold
HKD 1,050,000 - 1,570,000
EUR 124,000 - 186,000 / CHF 120,000 - 180,000 / USD 134,000 - 202,000
Sold: HKD 1,462,500
Very fine and extremely rare, water-resistant, anti-magnetic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date calendar and screwed caseback.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-8-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Brand Rolex, Rolex, Geneva
Model Jean-Claude Killy
Reference 6036
Year circa 1954
Case No. No. 944 098 (by C.R. Spillmann, Chêne-Bourg, Geneva)
Buckle leather strap with 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle
Diameter 36mm
Caliber 14’’’ (based on Valjoux 72 C by Reymond Frères, Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux)
Dimensions 42.5 x 36.3 mm.
Weight 53gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
Rolex, Ref. 6036
Rolex’s “Antimagnetic” chronographs with triple date were produced in few examples from the mid-1940s to the early-1960s, in 18K yellow or 18K pink gold and in very few examples 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, so-called by collectors the “Jean-Claude Killy” (after international ski champion Jean-Claude Killy, who first became famous 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.
This current example has been maintained in very good condition featuring an original dial.
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Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943)
A French Alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. He was a World Cup champion in 1967 and again in 1968. Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events. He later even held a position on the Rolex board of directors.