Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 236

ROLEX REF 6234 STEEL Rolex, ?Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic?, case No.688587, Ref. 6234. Made in the 1961. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and telemeter with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screw down case back and crown. D. Matte silver with applied steel dart indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, tachometer and telemeter graduation, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel alpha hands. M. Cal. 72 A, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm.