$48,000
Stainless Steel Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona," Ref. 6263. Made circa 1984. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. 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. Bi-color matte silver and black with steel baton 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm Notes Fredrick Bricker, the original owner of this watch, was the top salesman in Tiffany's watch department. Every year around Christmas time, he purchased a new watch for himself. As an employee of Tiffany & Co., he was not only able to buy the watch at cost but was even given a further 20% discount. It is exceptional to find a Cosmograph Daytona co-branded by a prestigious retailer, but to find a watch complete with its original warranty and invoice from Rolex which records and confirms that the purchaser of the watch was employed by the co-branded retailer is no doubt unique.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
