Rolex Ref. 6062. (Photo credit: Monaco Legend Group)
A circa 1953 Rolex reference 6062 in yellow gold with a black dial sold this weekend at Monaco Legend Group’s “Exclusive Timepieces” auction for €4,250,000 in the latest sign of Rolex’s resilience in the vintage watch market. Including fees, the final price reached €5,330,000. At the same sale, a 1971 Rolex Daytona reference 6263 “Paul Newman” topped half a million euros.
Before the auction, Monaco Legend Group had listed the 6062 with the unusual estimate for a watch, “in excess of €3 million.” This exact piece last appeared publicly in 2006, when it sold for CHF 469,700 at Antiquorum — roughly one tenth of the price — a sign of how dramatically Rolex values have evolved over the past two decades. Coronet can confirm that Rolex was not the buyer of the 6062, though the brand has acquired rare pieces at auction in the past.
In the world of Rolex, complication is rare. But the 6062 manages to feature a triple calendar and a moonphase, all housed within a 36mm Oyster case. It would take the brand more than 60 years before it revisited the moonphase with the Cellini in 2017.