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<small>Turn-O-Graph → '''6202'''</small>

<div class="rp-lead">[[File:Ref 6202 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Black-dial Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202 with a Monometer dial and graduated bezel|Antiquorum Geneva, lot 201; case 949579.]]</div>

Rolex catalogues identify ref. 6202 as the early Turn-O-Graph, with examples dated to 1953 and 1954. It pairs a self-winding Oyster with a rotating timing bezel; surviving watches carry both Turn-O-Graph and Monometer dial inscriptions.

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable rp-facts"
|-
! Detail
! Record
|-
| Reference
| 6202
|-
| Model name
| Auction catalogues use both Turn-O-Graph and Monometer for ref. 6202; Monometer appears on black dials in separate examples
|-
| Movement
| Most reviewed exact-reference catalogues list A260 / 19 jewels. One Antiquorum lot lists A296 / 17 jewels, another lists A296 without a jewel count, and Monaco Legend lists Cal. 645; the reviewed photographs do not show movement markings clearly.
|-
| Case material
| Catalogues describe stainless-steel and separate steel-and-yellow-gold examples
|-
| Case diameter
| Catalogues measure individual examples from 34.5 to 36.5 mm; a factory dimension is not established
|-
| Bezel
| Rotating elapsed-time bezel; catalogues describe black graduated inserts, raised Arabic numerals, and a gold bezel on a steel-and-gold example
|-
| Dated examples
| Inner casebacks marked III.53, IV.53, I.54, and IV.54, dating individual cases
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

Phillips describes the 6202 as Rolex’s first widely distributed rotating-bezel reference. Its 2016 catalogue for the earlier 3346 Zerographe also records a rotating bezel. The 6202 and Submariner 6204 appear in catalogues from the same period; their design sequence remains unclear. [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080016/36 Phillips, ref. 3346]

==Production outline==

The caseback stamps in the reviewed catalogues run from III.53 to IV.54. [https://www.dist.phillips.com/content/web/auctions/NY080322/NY080322_en_2.pdf Phillips lot 118] records III.53; [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6085984 Christie's] records IV.53; Phillips lots 954, 134, and 18 report I.54; [https://www.astebolaffi.it/it/lot/288/259/detail Aste Bolaffi lot 259] reports IV.54. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-386-641 Antiquorum] records a warranty sale in August 1955. Together, these records date individual cases and a 1955 sale. They leave the factory production span open.

[https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2024_12_03_archive.html Rolex Magazine] reproduces a page identified as a 1957 Rolex master catalogue. A diagonal “NO LONGER AVAILABLE” mark crosses the 6202 illustration, though the scan gives no author or date for the mark. It cannot date the end of production. An [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-381-679 Antiquorum entry] estimates one 6202 at circa 1963; its listing has no movement or caseback photograph. That estimate sits apart from the dated-case examples.

==Movement notes==

Phillips, Christie's, Antiquorum, and Aste Bolaffi most often list A260 with 19 jewels. Antiquorum's [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-13 2002 lot 13] describes a 19-jewel, 9¾-line movement but leaves its caliber unnamed. Antiquorum lists A296 / 17 jewels in its 2025 lot 679; its 2021 lot 297 names A296 but gives no jewel count; [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-107 Monaco Legend] lists Cal. 645 for a steel-and-gold example. The catalogue labels conflict, and the available photographs leave the movement markings unreadable. Keep each attribution with its lot.

==Dial map==

Auction and specialist records describe several separate dial configurations:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Catalogue description
! Recorded features
! Record and limit
|-
| Black, gilt “Monometer”
| MONOMETER and OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER text; circular, triangular, and rectangular markers
| [https://www.dist.phillips.com/content/web/auctions/NY080322/NY080322_en_2.pdf Phillips lot 118]; its photos show the dial, not the movement or inner caseback
|-
| Black “Monometer” with split Oyster Perpetual text
| Antiquorum describes triangular, round, and baton luminous indexes with gilt baton hands
| [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-270-493 Antiquorum lot 493], case 949401; front view only
|-
| Black, gilt “Turn-O-Graph”
| TURN-O-GRAPH text
| [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/215213 Phillips lot 134]; the inside back is photographed and marked 6202 / I.54
|-
| Black hobnail or textured dial
| Christie's describes a black hobnail dial with white quarter batons, hour dots, and luminous hands; another Christie's lot calls its dark dial waffle, and Phillips lot 18 calls its dial honeycomb
| [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4746130 Christie's case 953839], [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6085984 Christie's], and [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/181583 Phillips lot 18]; catalogue terms may describe different surfaces
|-
| Silver or cream honeycomb
| “SWISS” at six, on case 949906 marked IV.53
| [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-383-104 Antiquorum lot 104] includes photographs; [https://www.accademiafineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Catalogue_Timepieces.pdf Accademia Fine Art] lists the same case
|-
| White Explorer-style Arabic dial
| 3, 6, 9, and 12 numerals with OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER text; catalogued in a steel-and-gold case
| [https://www.christies.com/zh/lot/lot-5731643 Christie's case 953'729]; the catalogue describes one watch
|-
| Light dial with applied markers
| “Officially Certified Chronometer” text, catalogued on a steel-and-gold watch
| [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/index.php/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-107 Monaco Legend lot 107]; a single catalogue example
|-
| Black guilloché
| White-gold triangular markers and yellow-gold Dauphine hands, as catalogued
| [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-13 Antiquorum 2002, lot 13]; its movement is listed as Cal. 9¾''' / 19 jewels
|}

These are catalogue descriptions of individual watches. The records do not establish which dials Rolex offered or in what order.

Rolex Magazine reproduces 1953 trademark filings for “Mono-Meter” and “Turn-O-Graph.” The filings register both names in 1953; they do not record the order in which the inscriptions appeared on dials.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref 6202 monometer.webp|Phillips lot 118; black dial printed MONOMETER
File:Ref 6202 monometer detail.webp|Close-up of the same Phillips lot 118 watch
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-turn-o-graph.webp|Phillips lot 134, case 953'379; separate black dial printed TURN-O-GRAPH
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-cream-honeycomb.webp|Antiquorum lot 104, case 949906; silver honeycomb dial
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-steel-gold.webp|Monaco Legend lot 107, case 953749; steel-and-gold case and light dial
</gallery>

==Case, bezel, and crown==

[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-306364 Christie's] describes the steel case with a screw-down crown and caseback. Steel examples show a rotating minute bezel with a graduated black insert and red triangle. [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080119/954 Phillips] identifies a later insert on one watch. Christie's case 953'839 has a bezel with raised Arabic numerals on an engraved ground; case 953'729 is catalogued with a similar numbered bezel and chased marks between five-minute intervals. [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/index.php/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-107 Monaco Legend] describes a separate two-tone case with a gold bezel. The catalogues show these bezel forms on separate watches, with no dated sequence.

[[File:Ref 6202 caseback.webp|thumb|right|240px|alt=Inside caseback marked 6202 and I.54|Phillips, New York Watch Auction XII, lot 134; case 953'379.]]

==Hand configurations==

Catalogues describe Mercedes hands on one 1954 steel example, yellow-gold Dauphine hands on Antiquorum's 2002 lot, and luminous hands without a named shape on Christie's steel-and-gold case 953839. These descriptions concern separate watches; a dated hand sequence remains unclear.

==Bracelets, clasps, and packaging==

Published lots show riveted Oyster, stretch Oyster, and Jubilee bracelets on separate examples. The [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080119/954 Phillips 2019 catalogue] calls its bracelet a later replacement. Phillips 2025 lists a riveted stretch Oyster with end links 58 and clasp stamp 4.61; [https://images1.bonhams.com/original?src=Images/live/2018-11/20/S-24632-0-1.pdf Bonhams] lists bracelet 6636; Christie's records a bracelet with end links 55. These are sale configurations; they do not prove original delivery across the reference. The 4.61 clasp code dates that clasp, not the watch head.

==Special branches==

Phillips [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/181583 lot 18]'s January 1957 guarantee carries a handwritten “Navy 3923 Ships Store Yokosuka” notation. It records an inscription on one watch's guarantee; the catalogue does not establish military issue or a Navy contract.

==Historical auction record==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Catalogue record
! Details reported
|-
| Phillips, New York, lot 118
| 6202 “Turn-O-Graph Monometer”; inner caseback III.53; stainless steel; A260 / 19 jewels in the catalogue; 35 mm
|-
| Christie's, case 950'661
| Inner caseback IV.53; black textured dial; A260 / 19 jewels in the catalogue; 34.5 mm
|-
| Antiquorum Monaco, lot 104 / Accademia Fine Art, lot 104, case 949906
| IV.53 inner back; silver/cream honeycomb dial with SWISS at six; A260 / 19 jewels; 35 mm; Antiquorum also lists bracelet 7206/80 and provides dial photographs
|-
| Phillips, case 952'389
| Inner caseback I.54; A260 / 19 jewels in the catalogue; the catalogue identifies the bezel insert and bracelet as later replacements
|-
| Phillips, Geneva, lot 18, case 952'376
| Inner caseback I.54; honeycomb dial; A260 / 19 jewels; 35.5 mm; guarantee dated January 1957 with a handwritten Navy 3923 Ships Store Yokosuka notation
|-
| [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080116/226 Phillips Geneva, lot 226] / [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/215213 Phillips New York, lot 134]
| Both catalogue entries report case 953'379 and movement no. 218. The 2016 entry lists A260 / 19 jewels, 35 mm and clasp 4.67; the 2025 entry lists A260 / 19 jewels, 36.5 mm, end links 58 and clasp 4.61. The reason for the measurement and clasp differences is unreported.
|-
| [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-270-493 Antiquorum Geneva, lot 493], case 949401
| 1953 Monometer; black dial; A260 / 19 jewels; luminous triangular, round and baton indexes; gilt baton hands
|-
| [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-monometer-lot-364-201 Antiquorum Geneva, lot 201], case 949579
| 1953 Monometer; A260 / 19 jewels; 36 mm; black dial and graduated bezel shown in four catalogue photographs
|-
| Aste Bolaffi, lot 259, case 950629
| Inner caseback IV.54; black gilt dial; A260 No. 06019; riveted expandable Oyster bracelet with end links 65; 36 mm
|-
| Christie's, case 953'729
| Steel and gold; white Explorer-style 3-6-9-12 dial with OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER text; raised-numeral rotating bezel
|-
| Christie's, case 953839
| Steel and gold; black hobnail dial, white quarter batons, hour dots, raised Arabic bezel numerals; nickel 18-jewel movement, caliber not named
|-
| Antiquorum, lot 13
| 36 mm steel case; black guilloché dial, Dauphine hands, and a 19-jewel 9¾-line movement attribution
|-
| Monaco Legend, case 953749
| Steel and yellow gold; light dial with applied markers and chronometer text; catalogue lists Cal. 645
|-
| Antiquorum, case 951425
| Catalogued as 1954; an original warranty is reported to record a sale in August 1955
|}

==Gallery==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref 6202 hero.webp|Antiquorum Geneva lot 201, case 949579; black Monometer dial
File:Ref 6202 monometer.webp|Phillips lot 118; separate black Monometer dial example
File:Ref 6202 monometer detail.webp|Dial close-up of the Phillips lot 118 example
File:Ref 6202 caseback.webp|Phillips lot 134; inside back marked 6202 and I.54
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-turn-o-graph.webp|Phillips lot 134; separate black TURN-O-GRAPH dial example
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-cream-honeycomb.webp|Antiquorum lot 104, case 949906; silver honeycomb dial
File:Ref 6202 dial-variant-steel-gold.webp|Monaco Legend lot 107, case 953749; steel-and-gold case and light dial
</gallery>

== Sources ==

* [https://www.dist.phillips.com/content/web/auctions/NY080322/NY080322_en_2.pdf "Phillips New York Watch Auction: SEVEN, lot 118 — Rolex ref. 6202 Monometer", Phillips]
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/215213 "Phillips New York Watch Auction: XII, lot 134 — Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph", Phillips]
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080119/954 "Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT, 28 May 2019, lot 954 — Rolex ref. 6202", Phillips]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6085984 "Christie's, Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph, case 950'661, lot 6085984", Christie's]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-306364 "Christie's, Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202, 1954", Christie's]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-386-641 "Antiquorum, Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202, lot 641", Antiquorum]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-turn-o-graph-6202-lot-335-297 "Antiquorum, Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph, lot 335-297", Antiquorum]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-381-679 "Antiquorum, Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph, lot 381-679", Antiquorum]
* [https://www.accademiafineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Catalogue_Timepieces.pdf "Accademia Fine Art, Beaune Collection, lot 104 — Rolex 6202 cream honeycomb dial", Accademia Fine Art]
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/181583 "Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: XVII, lot 18 — Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph", Phillips]
* [https://www.astebolaffi.it/it/lot/288/259/detail "Aste Bolaffi, Auction 288, lot 259 — Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202", Aste Bolaffi]
* [https://www.christies.com/zh/lot/lot-5731643 "Christie's Geneva, lot 382 — Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202, case 953'729", Christie's]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4746130 "Christie's, lot 705 — Rolex Turn-O-Graph ref. 6202, case 953839", Christie's]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-13 "Antiquorum, Hotel Richemond Geneva, 13 April 2002, lot 13 — Rolex 6202", Antiquorum]
* [https://images1.bonhams.com/original?src=Images/live/2018-11/20/S-24632-0-1.pdf "Bonhams London, Rolex ref. 6202, lot 78", Bonhams]
* [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/index.php/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-107 "Monaco Legend Auctions, Rolex ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph in steel and gold, lot 107", Monaco Legend Auctions]
* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/a-brief-history-of-time-rolexs-complete-brand-history-part-two-1945-1960/ "Fratello, “A Brief History of Time: Rolex — Part Two (1945–1960)”", Fratello]
* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2024_12_03_archive.html "Rolex Magazine, “Rolex Turn-O-Graph” archival research", Rolex Magazine]
* [https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=390998 "Rolex Forums, “Anyone know about 6202?”", Rolex Forums]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-270-493 "Antiquorum Geneva, 17 March 2013, lot 493 — Rolex 6202 Monometer, case 949401", Antiquorum]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-monometer-lot-364-201 "Antiquorum Geneva, 4–5 November 2023, lot 201 — Rolex 6202 Monometer, case 949579", Antiquorum]
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080116/226 "Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: THREE, lot 226 — Rolex 6202 Turn-O-Graph, case 953'379", Phillips]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6202-turn-o-graph-lot-383-104 "Antiquorum Monaco, 12 December 2025, lot 104 — Rolex 6202, case 949906", Antiquorum]

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