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Antiquorum's 2017 lot records case no. 386,339, a matching Spanish day disc, and a "big logo" Rolex bracelet dated 1958, describing the package as built for the Spanish market. The 6611B is therefore an export-market branch as much as a late movement-code branch.

A wider search across Antiquorum's own listings turns up five more 6611B examples, extending the documented metal range to pink gold. Two are pink gold with black dials: one set with baguette diamond hour markers (case 425488, Hong Kong 2024), the other catalogued as a second "Spanish calendar" (case 311781, Monaco 2023). A third pink-gold example carries a silvered dial with pink-gold indices (case 384689, Monaco 2017). Two further yellow-gold examples join the Serpico y Laino watch: a champagne dial (case 397072, Geneva 2016) and a tropical-toned champagne dial sold at Bonhams in 2020 (see the Auction record below for results and estimates). Cal. 1055 and 25 jewels, where stated, are consistent across every documented example.

Case-shape description is not consistent across these listings. Antiquorum's 2017 pink-gold lot calls its case "Boitier rond" (round case) in its French-language text, while two yellow-gold lots — the Serpico y Laino watch and the 2016 champagne example — both call their cases "tonneau-shaped." Direct photography of the pink-gold diamond-dial example and the Bonhams yellow-gold example both show a round Day-Date-style case, consistent with the base 6611's own case, not a tonneau form. That reads as a catalogue-template inconsistency in Antiquorum's own listings rather than a documented case-shape variant, and is reported here rather than silently resolved.

==Auction record==

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| CHF 45,000

| case 214,124, German-script SCOC dial, probably unique; President clasp stamped 2.57

|-

| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Hong Kong, lot 202

| 26 Oct 2024

| pink gold (6611B)

| —

| case 425488, black dial with baguette diamond hour markers, est. USD 28,400–52,000, no result recorded

|-

| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Monaco, lot 46

| 25 Jul 2023

| pink gold (6611B)

| EUR 12,350

| case 311781, black dial, catalogued as a "Spanish calendar"

|-

| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Monaco, lot 165

| 19 Jul 2017

| pink gold (6611B)

| —

| case 384689, silvered dial with pink-gold indices, catalogued as a round case ("Boitier rond")

|-

| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Geneva, lot 552

| 13 Nov 2016

| yellow gold (6611B)

| —

| case 397072, champagne dial, catalogued as tonneau-shaped

|-

| Bonhams, Watches and Wristwatches, London Knightsbridge, lot 81

| 21 Jul 2020

| yellow gold (6611B)

| GBP 5,687.50

| tropical-toned champagne dial, red leather strap

|}

A plain gold 6611 is a comparatively modest buy, with examples clearing in roughly the CHF 12,000–20,000 range; the white-gold 6611B and the steel prize watch are the clear exceptions on rarity. Pink-gold and yellow-gold 6611B examples appear in the record at Sotheby's, and a ~~Serpico y Laino~~ yellow-gold ~~6611B at Antiquorum documents~~ the ~~English~~-~~SCOC dial~~, ~~though results for several of those lots are~~ no ~~longer publicly listed~~. The ex-Goldberger steel example sold for EUR 1,196,000 in 2024, but it was catalogued as a 6511, and as a one-off prototype it sits outside any 6611 price band.

A plain gold 6611 is a comparatively modest buy, with examples clearing in roughly the CHF 12,000–20,000 range; the white-gold 6611B and the steel prize watch are the clear exceptions on rarity. Pink-gold and yellow-gold 6611B examples also appear in the record at Sotheby's. The five additional 6611B lots documented above add concrete data: EUR 12,350 for a pink-gold example and GBP 5,687.50 for a yellow-gold example, both within the plain-gold 6611 price band, while the remaining three carry estimates but no published hammer result. The ex-Goldberger steel example sold for EUR 1,196,000 in 2024, but it was catalogued as a 6511, and as a one-off prototype it sits outside any 6611 price band.

== Related references ==

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* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080515/154 Phillips (in association with Bacs & Russo), "Rolex Ref. 6611B white gold (no diamonds), Phillips The Geneva Watch Auction TWO lot 154", Phillips, 2015-11-07]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-lot-307-136 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B yellow gold, Serpico y Laino, English SCOC dial, Antiquorum lot 136", Antiquorum, 2017-05-14]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-day-date-lot-373-202 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, black dial with baguette diamonds, case 425488, Antiquorum lot 202", Antiquorum, 2024-10-26]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-day-date-lot-362-46 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, black dial, 'Spanish calendar,' case 311781, Antiquorum lot 46", Antiquorum, 2023-07-25]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/lot-308-165 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, round case, case 384689, Antiquorum lot 165", Antiquorum, 2017-07-19]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-lot-302-552 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B yellow gold, champagne dial, case 397072, Antiquorum lot 552", Antiquorum, 2016-11-13]

* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25955/lot/81/rolex-an-18k-gold-automatic-calendar-wristwatch-day-date-ref-6611b-circa-1957/ Bonhams, "Rolex ref. 6611B, 18K gold, champagne dial, Watches and Wristwatches lot 81", Bonhams, 2020-07-21]

* [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-110 Monaco Legend Auctions, "Rolex steel Day-Date prototype sold as Ref. 6511 (ex-Goldberger), Monaco Legend lot 110", Monaco Legend Auctions, 2024-10-19]

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 Antiquorum's 2017 lot records case no. 386,339, a matching Spanish day disc, and a "big logo" Rolex bracelet dated 1958, describing the package as built for the Spanish market. The 6611B is therefore an export-market branch as much as a late movement-code branch.
+[[File:Ref 6611 pink-gold-diamond.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=pink-gold 6611B with black diamond dial|A pink-gold 6611B with a black dial and baguette diamond hour markers, case 425488. Image via Antiquorum.]]
+A wider search across Antiquorum's own listings turns up five more 6611B examples, extending the documented metal range to pink gold. Two are pink gold with black dials: one set with baguette diamond hour markers (case 425488, Hong Kong 2024), the other catalogued as a second "Spanish calendar" (case 311781, Monaco 2023). A third pink-gold example carries a silvered dial with pink-gold indices (case 384689, Monaco 2017). Two further yellow-gold examples join the Serpico y Laino watch: a champagne dial (case 397072, Geneva 2016) and a tropical-toned champagne dial sold at Bonhams in 2020 (see the Auction record below for results and estimates). Cal. 1055 and 25 jewels, where stated, are consistent across every documented example.
+[[File:Ref 6611 yellow-gold-tropical.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=yellow-gold 6611B tropical dial|A yellow-gold 6611B with a champagne dial aged to a deep tropical orange, sold at Bonhams in 2020. The round case is clearly visible in this angle.]]
+Case-shape description is not consistent across these listings. Antiquorum's 2017 pink-gold lot calls its case "Boitier rond" (round case) in its French-language text, while two yellow-gold lots — the Serpico y Laino watch and the 2016 champagne example — both call their cases "tonneau-shaped." Direct photography of the pink-gold diamond-dial example and the Bonhams yellow-gold example both show a round Day-Date-style case, consistent with the base 6611's own case, not a tonneau form. That reads as a catalogue-template inconsistency in Antiquorum's own listings rather than a documented case-shape variant, and is reported here rather than silently resolved.
 ==Auction record==
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 | CHF 45,000
 | case 214,124, German-script SCOC dial, probably unique; President clasp stamped 2.57
+|-
+| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Hong Kong, lot 202
+| 26 Oct 2024
+| pink gold (6611B)
+| —
+| case 425488, black dial with baguette diamond hour markers, est. USD 28,400–52,000, no result recorded
+|-
+| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Monaco, lot 46
+| 25 Jul 2023
+| pink gold (6611B)
+| EUR 12,350
+| case 311781, black dial, catalogued as a "Spanish calendar"
+|-
+| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Monaco, lot 165
+| 19 Jul 2017
+| pink gold (6611B)
+| —
+| case 384689, silvered dial with pink-gold indices, catalogued as a round case ("Boitier rond")
+|-
+| Antiquorum, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Geneva, lot 552
+| 13 Nov 2016
+| yellow gold (6611B)
+| —
+| case 397072, champagne dial, catalogued as tonneau-shaped
+|-
+| Bonhams, Watches and Wristwatches, London Knightsbridge, lot 81
+| 21 Jul 2020
+| yellow gold (6611B)
+| GBP 5,687.50
+| tropical-toned champagne dial, red leather strap
 |}
-A plain gold 6611 is a comparatively modest buy, with examples clearing in roughly the CHF 12,000–20,000 range; the white-gold 6611B and the steel prize watch are the clear exceptions on rarity. Pink-gold and yellow-gold 6611B examples appear in the record at Sotheby's, and a Serpico y Laino yellow-gold 6611B at Antiquorum documents the English-SCOC dial, though results for several of those lots are no longer publicly listed. The ex-Goldberger steel example sold for EUR 1,196,000 in 2024, but it was catalogued as a 6511, and as a one-off prototype it sits outside any 6611 price band.
+A plain gold 6611 is a comparatively modest buy, with examples clearing in roughly the CHF 12,000–20,000 range; the white-gold 6611B and the steel prize watch are the clear exceptions on rarity. Pink-gold and yellow-gold 6611B examples also appear in the record at Sotheby's. The five additional 6611B lots documented above add concrete data: EUR 12,350 for a pink-gold example and GBP 5,687.50 for a yellow-gold example, both within the plain-gold 6611 price band, while the remaining three carry estimates but no published hammer result. The ex-Goldberger steel example sold for EUR 1,196,000 in 2024, but it was catalogued as a 6511, and as a one-off prototype it sits outside any 6611 price band.
 == Related references ==
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 * [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080515/154 Phillips (in association with Bacs & Russo), "Rolex Ref. 6611B white gold (no diamonds), Phillips The Geneva Watch Auction TWO lot 154", Phillips, 2015-11-07]
 * [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-lot-307-136 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B yellow gold, Serpico y Laino, English SCOC dial, Antiquorum lot 136", Antiquorum, 2017-05-14]
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-day-date-lot-373-202 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, black dial with baguette diamonds, case 425488, Antiquorum lot 202", Antiquorum, 2024-10-26]
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-day-date-lot-362-46 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, black dial, 'Spanish calendar,' case 311781, Antiquorum lot 46", Antiquorum, 2023-07-25]
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/lot-308-165 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B pink gold, round case, case 384689, Antiquorum lot 165", Antiquorum, 2017-07-19]
+* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6611b-lot-302-552 Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 6611B yellow gold, champagne dial, case 397072, Antiquorum lot 552", Antiquorum, 2016-11-13]
+* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25955/lot/81/rolex-an-18k-gold-automatic-calendar-wristwatch-day-date-ref-6611b-circa-1957/ Bonhams, "Rolex ref. 6611B, 18K gold, champagne dial, Watches and Wristwatches lot 81", Bonhams, 2020-07-21]
 * [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-110 Monaco Legend Auctions, "Rolex steel Day-Date prototype sold as Ref. 6511 (ex-Goldberger), Monaco Legend lot 110", Monaco Legend Auctions, 2024-10-19]
 [[Category:Day-Date]]
 [[Category:References]]