Live Auction 14212Rare Watches and a Rolex Afternoon
Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, tropical luminous dial and bracelet
Lot 173 TROPICAL BUBBLEBACK

Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, tropical luminous dial and bracelet

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Chronometer, ref. 6011, case no. 689’517, circa 1948

Closed15 May 2017

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CHF 13,750

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Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, tropical luminous dial and bracelet
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Chronometer, ref. 6011, case no. 689’517, circa 1948
Movement: automatic, cal. 9 ¾, 19 jewels
Dial: tropicalized silvered, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous blued steel hands
Case: screw-down back, Oyster patent screw-down crown
Signed: case, dial, movement
Dimensions: 32 mm. overall length of bracelet approximately 190 mm
With: Rolex Oyster 18K gold expandable riveted bracelet, deployant clasp stamped 3/51

Specialist note

Well preserved and untouched, the dial of the present watch has tropicalized to a very even amazing glowing fiery red-orange colour leaving a “halo” around each of the original luminous numerals. It is incredibly rare to find a tropical dial of such glowing beauty especially without any sign of intervention or restoration. The case with Oyster patent crown and the rare and probably original gold riveted Oyster bracelet are in a matching untouched state of preservation. An irresistible piece for the Rolex connoisseur.