86,000 CHF
Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chrono-meter, Ref. 6062. Production of this reference started in 1950. Extremely fine and very rare, astronomic, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with triple date and moon phases Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back and crown. Black with applied yellow gold star and tritium-coated dart indexes, sub-sidiaryseconds, outer graduation for the days of the month in gold paintedArabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moonphases. Tritium-coated yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. Notes Lots 702 to 704, From the Collection of Carlo Rivetti Ref. 6062 Produced from 1950 to 1953, with 350 examples in yellow gold and 50 examples in pink gold and very few in stain-less steel. Very few examples feature either black dials or with star indexes. Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 278 to 283 and 380.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
