Rolex
Datejust 'Thunderbird', reference 6609 Montre bracelet en or jaune avec date | Yellow gold wristwatch with date Vers 1956 | Circa 1956
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October 1, 12:49 PM GMT
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Rolex
Datejust 'Thunderbird', reference 6609
Montre bracelet en or jaune avec date |
Yellow gold wristwatch with date
Vers 1956 |
Circa 1956
Cadran: champagne
Calibre: cal. 1065 automatique, 25 rubis
Numéro de mouvement : N712'434
Boîtier: or jaune 18K (750/00), fond vissé
Numéro de boîtier: 221’979
Fermoir: bracelet associé en cuir
Dimensions : 36 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: oui
Papiers: non
Accessoires: écrin Rolex
Dial: champagne
Calibre: cal. 1065 automatic, 25 jewels
Movement number: N712'434
Case: 18k yellow gold, screw-down back
Case number: 221’979
Closure: associated leather strap
Size: 36 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: no
Accessories: Rolex presentation case
Poids brut 57.91 g |
Gross weight 57.91 g
Released for only a small window roughly between 1956 to 1959, the Ref 6609 Datejust Turn-O-Graph from Rolex was given and additional nick name, the ‘Thunderbird’. The nickname ‘Thunderbird’ was adopted when Rolex aligned with the United States Air Force air demonstration team known as the ‘Thunderbirds’ established in 1953 at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, home also to the mythological creature of the same name found in many American indigenous cultures.
The Reference 6609 was predominantly cased in yellow gold, and featured a unidirectional bezel graduated to 5-minute intervals, and additional fitted with a ‘roulette wheel’ (consecutive red/black lettering on the date disk).