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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 31

Ref. 6036, Yellow Gold, So-called "Jean-Claude Killy" Rolex, "Oyster Chronograph, Anti-magnetic", Ref. 6036, case No. illegible. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and triple date.

HKD 600,000 - 700,000

USD 80,000 - 90,000 / EUR 60,000 - 70,000

Sold: HKD 619,500

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, ?Super Oyster? 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.Yellow gold "Alpha" hands. M. Cal. 72C, 13''', 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 12 mm. Property of a Spanish Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-15

Good

Slightly rusted
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

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. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, vol. I, pp. 169-170.