37,200 CHF
Stainless Steel Cosmograph Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", case No. 3528823, Ref. 6265 with steel bezel. Made in 1973. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color silver and matte black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary matte balck 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. Approx overall length 195 mm. Notes Similar watches are ilustrated in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456-457-490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
