88,800 CHF
Ref. 6062 Yellow Gold Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer”, case No. illegible, Ref. 6062. Made circa 1953. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date and moon phases. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Rolex textured and polished tile-link bracelet with deployant clasp and date code for 1966. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, inclined bezel. Satiné sunray silver with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month in black Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. Notes Ref. 6062. Produced from 1949 to 1953, with 350 examples in yellow gold, 50 examples in pink gold and very few in stainless steel. This reference features a great variety of indexes; with the rarest being the diamond indexes and then the star indexes. Very few examples have black dials, and only two are known with black dial and diamond indexes. Watches with black dials always had the moon featured on a black enamel sky. Ref. 6062 was produced in 18K yellow and pink gold as well as stainless steel; Ref. 8171 was produced in 14K and 18K pink and yellow gold, as well as stainless steel. It is interesting to note than in period advertising this watch was referred to as the Oyster Perpetual “COSM
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
