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Lot 423
Rolex and The Real McCoy's. A very rare stainless steel automatic dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, original The Real McCoy's guarantee
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL DATE, CHUCK YEAGER, GMT-MASTER II, THE REAL MCCOY'S, REF. 16710, CASE NO. A504636, CIRCA 1998
Closed10 November 2014
Price Realised
CHF 12,500
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Specialist note
With The Real McCoy's original guarantee, sales tags, instruction booklet, photos and presentation box.
US army Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is the first man to break the sound barrier. He achieved this feat on board of an X-1 aircraft in 1947, and he did so with a Rolex on his wrist. Consequently, he later became a prominent Rolex spokesman.
In the late '90s, a Japanese company, the real McCoy's, decided to celebrate general Yeager by customizing an extremely limited number of Rolex timepieces. These so-called "Chuck Yeager" are now extremely sought-after collectibles and can be considered the first serially customized wristwatches, years before the fashion of customized timepieces, such as Bamford watches, came to prominence.
The present watch is an example from that production, enthralling with its wonderful condition and with the presence of the original The Real McCoy's guarantee.
US army Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is the first man to break the sound barrier. He achieved this feat on board of an X-1 aircraft in 1947, and he did so with a Rolex on his wrist. Consequently, he later became a prominent Rolex spokesman.
In the late '90s, a Japanese company, the real McCoy's, decided to celebrate general Yeager by customizing an extremely limited number of Rolex timepieces. These so-called "Chuck Yeager" are now extremely sought-after collectibles and can be considered the first serially customized wristwatches, years before the fashion of customized timepieces, such as Bamford watches, came to prominence.
The present watch is an example from that production, enthralling with its wonderful condition and with the presence of the original The Real McCoy's guarantee.