No Reserve
161
Rolex
Ref. 6284
A rare stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, honey comb dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$24,000 - 40,000•
HK$21,250
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1953
- Reference No
- 6284
- Movement No
- 31'232
- Case No
- 936'850
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 645, 18 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 160 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 50
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex</em> folding deployant clasp stamped <em>Rolex </em>
- Dimensions
- 34 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed; inside case back further stamped 2.53</em>
Specialist
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Catalogue Essay
This stainless steel reference 6284 is a charming example and was manufactured in 1953 and is confirmed by the two 2.53 stamped inside of the case back. The watch is further distinguished with its honeycombed dial that has aged evenly and gives the watch a very charismatic look. The dial is further highlighted with applied fan-form numerals and black graphics.
Literature
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.
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