Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 126

ROLEX REF 6611 DAY DATE PINK GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified," case No. 214197, Ref. 6611. Made in 1956. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with day and date and a Rolex yellow gold plated buckle.

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

HKD 120,000 - 160,000 / USD 16,000 - 21,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Matte silver with applied faceted pink gold baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds track, apertures for the day and the date. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. Cal. 1055, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-6-01

Very good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case, and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. The successor to the first day-date ever made reference 6511, only produced during a year, this 6611 is one of the earliest known with a very low serial number, made during the first year of its lunch. Still featuring its original dauphine hands and a pink gold case, an opportunity to acquire one of the first 6611 ever made.