$26,400
Ref. 6265, Steel Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona," Ref. 6265. Made circa 1974. 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 period Rolex box, outer card case and punch-numbered certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, chronograph buttons and Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Silvered with steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black guilloché dials for constant seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline 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 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05