Lot 33 · Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time
'bombay' ref 6290 yellow gold wristwatch with fancy lugs and blue enamel dial circa 1953 [勞力士6290型號「bombay」黃金腕錶備藍色琺瑯錶盤，年份約1953]
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- Estimate
- CHF 50,000–CHF 100,000 hammer ≈ $54,508–$109,015
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time, Geneva · 11 November 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4873253
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, 'bombay' ref 6290 yellow gold wristwatch with fancy lugs and blue enamel dial circa 1953 [勞力士6290型號「bombay」黃金腕錶備藍色琺瑯錶盤，年份約1953]. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2020, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4873253.
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Rolex, 'bombay' ref 6290 yellow gold wristwatch with fancy lugs and blue enamel dial circa 1953 [勞力士6290型號「bombay」黃金腕錶備藍色琺瑯錶盤，年份約1953]. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2020, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4873253.
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|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.