$137,300
Ref. 6265, “Paul Newman” Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", Ref. 6265 / 6262. Made circa 1972. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with steel bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a Guarantee Certificate (now void). Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor matte silver and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
