MK Personal Collection Fine Gild Dial Rolex Turn-O-Graph Ref 6202 Circa 1954

MK Personal Collection The present lot is part of a larger privately held collection and is intended for exhibition purposes only. Fine Gild Dial Rolex Turn-O-Graph Wristwatch Ref 6202 Circa 1954. This men's Rolex Turn-O-Graph Ref 6202 in a steel three piece oyster case, Cal 645, rhodium-plated movement with "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration and 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. As you can see from the photos the rotor is missing. The watch runs fine but it needs a winding everyday now. You can get a new rotor and screw it back on but we don't do that. It is topped with a super rare original black dial with gild writing Rolex Turn-O-Graph with all original hands. This is a great looking watch. We purchased it from an old timer who purchased it originally for $76.00. As you can see the watch is in overall very good condition for its age. Triple Signed All Original Factory. First released in 1953, the Turn-O-Graph can be considered the precursor of Rolex’s tool watches (such as the Submariner, GMT, Milgauss etc.). At the time, the model was truly different from anything that was offered on the market. The newly introduced rotating bezel, calibrated to 60 minutes, allowed for accurate timekeeping. While reference 6202 was not the first Rolex wristwatch to carry a rotating bezel (the honor goes to the elusive Zerograph), it was the very first serially produced reference to feature one. The rotating bezel itself is a very important advancement and it has the innate feature of uniting a true practical purpose with strong and unmistakable aesthetics. As a result, its impact on the industry can on some levels be defined, without being hyperbolic, as paradigm-shifting. Soon after its introduction, however, the GMT-Master and Submariner - more specialized timepieces - overshadowed the Turn-O-Graph which was swiftly put out of production. Consequently, very few examples were made.