31,625 CHF
Rolex Chronograph "Antimagnetic", so-called "Jean-Claude Killy", Ref. 6036, 1950's. Very fine and rare tonneau shaped, waterproof, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and triple date, with stainless steel Oyster bracelet. polished, satined, screwed back. matt silver with indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. "Dauphine" steel hands. Notes Ref. 6036 Produced in stainless steel, 170 examples in yellow gold and 144 examples in pink gold, from 1951 to 1953. A similar watch is published in "Orologi da Polso Rolex " , p. 245. Rolex Oyster Chronograph, so-called "Jean-Claude Killy " Just like the Rolex Oyster Chronograph Daytona wristwatch with exotic dial was so-called "Paul Newman" in the 1980's, (see lots 106 and 107 in this sale), today another Rolex Oyster Chronograph wristwatch, Ref. 6036, can he given its own collector 's name. The Rolex wristwatch Ref. 6036, Oyster chronograph with triple date, is the favourite watch of the 1968 Olympic Ski Champion, Jean- Claude Killy. In recent years, Rolex has often photographed this gentleman sportsman wearing this watch. Furthermore, Jean-Claude Killy and this Rolex watch illustrate the preface of the 4th edition of "Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1997. Consequently, sport, cha Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
