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ROLEX. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDINGLY WELL PRESERVED 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND STAR HOUR MARKERS

Lot 93
11.11.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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CHF 1 200 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationSwitzerland, Geneva
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ID 1325388
Lot 93 | ROLEX. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDINGLY WELL PRESERVED 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND STAR HOUR MARKERS
Estimate value
CHF 1 200 000 – 2 200 000
ROLEX. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND OUTSTANDINGLY WELL PRESERVED 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND STAR HOUR MARKERS
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, 'STELLINE' MODEL, REF. 6062, CASE NO. 788’629, CIRCA 1952
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Silvered grené ‘stelline’
Case: 35 mm. diam.
With: Pink gilt Rolex buckle
Remark: Exceptional provenance from the collection of Gordon Bethune, former CEO of Continental Airlines




Provenance

- The original owner’s family, bought privately from the estate by Gordon Bethune, former CEO of Continental Airlines and formidable watch collector.
- Christie’s New York, The Gordon Bethune Collection of Fifty Exceptional Vintage Wristwatches, 14 December 2012, lot 154 - Sold to Benefit The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
- 2012 / 2019 - An Important Private Collection.
- Phillips Geneva, 9-10 November 2019, lot 249.
- 2019 / 2023 - An Important Private Collection.
- Christie's Geneva, Passion for Time, An Important Private Collection of Watches and Timepieces, 6 November 2023, lot 2051



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