98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 322
Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Turn-O-Graph", Movement No. 27638, Case No. 949460, Ref. 6202, 36 mm, circa 1953
A rare automatic vintage Geneva wristwatch with turnable black bezel - early Turn-O-Graph model
Case: steel, screw back ref. 6202 III/53, turnable black bezel with later insert, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, riveted flexible steel "Oyster" bracelet, ref. 6636 with endlinks stamped 58 (later). Dial: black (re-lumed), luminous indexes, luminous Mercedes hands (re-lumed).
The Rolex "Turn-O-Graph" reference 6202 was the first model of the so-called "professional" series. Reference 6202 is considered to be the mother of all Submariners, GMTs and Explorers.
Characteristic of this piece is the revolving graduated bezel, where a red triangle represents position zero. The watch has a chronograph function, however, it offers two advantages a regular chronograph does not have - a better resistance to wear, and a high impermeability due to the fact that it has no chronograph pushers. This watch was produced in the 1950's in stainless steel and in stainless steel and gold, in a few thousand examples only.
Similar wristwatches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2001, pp. 284, 286 and 382.
A rare automatic vintage Geneva wristwatch with turnable black bezel - early Turn-O-Graph model
Case: steel, screw back ref. 6202 III/53, turnable black bezel with later insert, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, riveted flexible steel "Oyster" bracelet, ref. 6636 with endlinks stamped 58 (later). Dial: black (re-lumed), luminous indexes, luminous Mercedes hands (re-lumed).
The Rolex "Turn-O-Graph" reference 6202 was the first model of the so-called "professional" series. Reference 6202 is considered to be the mother of all Submariners, GMTs and Explorers.
Characteristic of this piece is the revolving graduated bezel, where a red triangle represents position zero. The watch has a chronograph function, however, it offers two advantages a regular chronograph does not have - a better resistance to wear, and a high impermeability due to the fact that it has no chronograph pushers. This watch was produced in the 1950's in stainless steel and in stainless steel and gold, in a few thousand examples only.
Similar wristwatches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2001, pp. 284, 286 and 382.
estimated
17.000—25.000 €
Price realized
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