6036 Rolex Overview | Parts Required
The 6036 was produced from 1950-1958. This build requires 14 main parts for a successful build:
This order makes the most sense, some items may have to be foregone. The most important components are the dial, hands, case, casebook, pushers, and movement. To kick off this wild goose chase, I begin with the dial and metal type. From here, I will determine if such a build is feasible. I am striving for super franken results.
Dial & Metal
There are no gen dials available between Chrono24 and Ebay. No collectors who I have reached out to have such dials. Unfortunate indeed.
It’s time for a VN dial.
VN Dial
Real examples of a steel 6036 dial:
Courtesy Bonham's
Courtesy Chrono24
Courtesy Sotheby's
Courtesy Christie's
The importances of a dial in a 6036 is the paint and font. The unfortunate part about VN dials is that they do not have sunken indices. Certain examples of yellow and rose gold do not have sunken indices, so this is the best option (albeit, more expensive). More on this later. The coronet and hour markers may be changed. The dial may need to be repainted, so it is best to choose the one with the best font. The paint on the VN dial is ok from above. Fortunately, the VN dial is a step dial too. In order to successfully create a gen-esque dial, I will need to source other gen dials from the same time period, which have the same hour indices, and surgically transplant these to the 6036 dial along with the coronet. The same procedure will need to be done for a 6062 I am contemplating building.
We filter gen examples based on non sunken dials. I will need to go gold. I must find dials which have used the same indices as verified gen 6036 dials.
Let’s have a look at another user, TheSociety’s, VN dial and configuration of a 6036 build:
Courtesy TheSociety
Now gen 6036s in gold:
Courtesy Antiquorum
Courtesy Bonham's
Courtesy Rolex Passion Report
Society’s build is good given the scarcity of gen parts. However, upon first glance, his has a printed Rolex logo. There are a few other non genuine aspects which could have been mitigated. This includes the pushers and chronograph hands. I will source a gen coronet and hour indices for this dial. The hour indices can be VN worst case scenario, but I will indeed find a gen gold coronet. The exact dial configuration I choose will depend on availability and price of gen parts. In my next update of the 6036 build, I will choose a configuration based on the price of parts, and my journey for this build will pass the inception stage, with a range for price points. This is looking like a $10,000+ build.
I am investigating how feasible and expensive sourcing parts for a 6036 “snow compax”, or better known as the Jean Claude Killy, triple calendar Rolex, is. Is this a fools errand? Perhaps.The 6036 was produced from 1950-1958. This build requires 14 main parts for a successful build:
- Dial+Metal
- Chronograph hands
- Case
- Case Back
- Movement
- Chronograph Pushers (Date adjusters)
- Bezel
- Spring bars
- End links
- Bracelet
- Bracelet Clasp
- Box
- Papers
This order makes the most sense, some items may have to be foregone. The most important components are the dial, hands, case, casebook, pushers, and movement. To kick off this wild goose chase, I begin with the dial and metal type. From here, I will determine if such a build is feasible. I am striving for super franken results.
Dial & Metal
There are no gen dials available between Chrono24 and Ebay. No collectors who I have reached out to have such dials. Unfortunate indeed.
It’s time for a VN dial.
VN Dial
Real examples of a steel 6036 dial:
Courtesy Bonham's
Courtesy Chrono24
Courtesy Sotheby's
Courtesy Christie's
The importances of a dial in a 6036 is the paint and font. The unfortunate part about VN dials is that they do not have sunken indices. Certain examples of yellow and rose gold do not have sunken indices, so this is the best option (albeit, more expensive). More on this later. The coronet and hour markers may be changed. The dial may need to be repainted, so it is best to choose the one with the best font. The paint on the VN dial is ok from above. Fortunately, the VN dial is a step dial too. In order to successfully create a gen-esque dial, I will need to source other gen dials from the same time period, which have the same hour indices, and surgically transplant these to the 6036 dial along with the coronet. The same procedure will need to be done for a 6062 I am contemplating building.
We filter gen examples based on non sunken dials. I will need to go gold. I must find dials which have used the same indices as verified gen 6036 dials.
Let’s have a look at another user, TheSociety’s, VN dial and configuration of a 6036 build:
Courtesy TheSociety
Now gen 6036s in gold:
Courtesy Antiquorum
Courtesy Bonham's
Courtesy Rolex Passion Report
Society’s build is good given the scarcity of gen parts. However, upon first glance, his has a printed Rolex logo. There are a few other non genuine aspects which could have been mitigated. This includes the pushers and chronograph hands. I will source a gen coronet and hour indices for this dial. The hour indices can be VN worst case scenario, but I will indeed find a gen gold coronet. The exact dial configuration I choose will depend on availability and price of gen parts. In my next update of the 6036 build, I will choose a configuration based on the price of parts, and my journey for this build will pass the inception stage, with a range for price points. This is looking like a $10,000+ build.
