Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 157

So-called "Pre-Daytona" Rolex, "Oyster Chronograph, Anti-Magnetic", Ref. 6234. Made in the late 1940s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Matte silver with applied steel dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer and inner telemeter graduation. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 14 mm. To be sold without reserve