Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 230

ROLEX, REF. 6238 Rolex, ?Chronograph?, case No. 1104081, Ref. 6238. Made in 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, a stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, polished inclined bezel, screwed-down case back and crown D. Satine silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds divisions and tachometer scale. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 72B, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 165 mm.