27,600 CHF
Rolex, Oyster Cosmograph, Ref. 6262/6263 with black anti-reflective bezel. Produced in the 1970s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, a bark-finished stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer and a stainless steel bark-finished Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, polished and bark-finished, screw-down case back, push-buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Two-tone silver and black with applied steel bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Tritium-coated "bâton" hands. Cal. 727, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Height 13 mm.Approx. overall length 185 mm. Notes Ref. 6262-6263 Produced in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold, this model was published in the Rolex catalogues from 1971 to 1987. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 446 to 457, 489 and 490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
