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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET, BROCHURES AND BOX
Lot 15 ROLEX
Explorer Ref. 6610



The Property of a Private Collector

ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET, BROCHURES AND BOX

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, ref. 6610, case no. 168’800, circa 1956

Closed13 May 2019

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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET, BROCHURES AND BOX
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, ref. 6610, case no. 168’800, circa 1956
Movement: cal. 1030, automatic, 25 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 6610, II.56, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet, end links stamped 64, deployant clasp stamped 4.56, approx. overall bracelet length 180 mm., period brochures, fitted presentation box with outer packaging

Specialist note

Reference 6610 was launched in 1955 as an update of the previous Explorer models. The main novelty was the introduction of the new calibre 1030. This movement is much thinner than the previous calibre A.296, and thus the case back loses the “bubble back” domed looks and becomes flatter. The dial as well presents a new construction method, even though this appears to be an aesthetic modification unrelated to the new movement: the numerals are carved into the dial plate and then filled with radium.

The case back of the present ref. 6610 is stamped II.56, indicating that it was made in the second quarter of 1956, only a few months after the introduction of the model into the market.

Consigned by a private collector it is furthermore preserved in very good overall condition, the riveted Oyster bracelet contemporary to the watch.