Live Auction 12578Important Watches Including NAUTILUS 40 Part III
ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
Lot 2876 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES

SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL, PRECISION, REF. 8171, CASE NO. 820’641, CIRCA 1950

Closed28 November 2016

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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL, PRECISION, REF. 8171, CASE NO. 820’641, CIRCA 1950
MOVEMENT: Automatic, jeweled
DIAL: Silvered, applied gilt arrow numerals, windows for day and month in Spanish, date ring, subsidiary seconds, moon phases
CASE: Stainless steel, snap on back, 38 mm. diam.
STRAP/BUCKLE: unsigned crocodile strap, stainless steel Rolex buckle
ACCOMPANIED BY: Rolex Geneva service invoice dated 4 February 2015 and Rolex box numbered 68.00.2

Specialist note

Rolex has produced only two different models of wristwatches with complete calendar and moon phase, references 8171 and 6062. Both models are automatic, however reference 8171 has a snap-on case back, while reference 6062 is fitted with a water-resistant-type screw-down case back and thus carries the designation “Oyster” on the dial. Reference 8171 is 38mm in diameter, which was remarkably large for the era giving it very modern proportions, whereas reference 6062 is 36mm in diameter. Reference 8171 was made in a very small series between 1949 and 1952, mostly in yellow gold, with examples in pink gold or far more uncommon, in stainless steel.