Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 308

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 18k pink gold bracelet.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

HKD 32,000 - 49,000 / USD 4,200 - 6,300

Sold: CHF 19,375

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Pink with applied faceted pink gold baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds track, apertures for the day and the date. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. B1055, 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: AA

Very good
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-54-02

Very good

Service dial

HANDS Service hands

Notes

Dial, case, and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 172 mm. Property of an Original Swiss Family Purchased new by the father of the current consigner in the middle east, it seems according to the family that initially the watch was fitted with an arabic index dial. When it was serviced by Rolex over 20 years ago, the dial, the disks and the hands were swapped as it was often done during overhauls. Despite this, this rare pink gold 6611 has remained in excellent overall condition.