24,000 CHF
Ref. 6263, Stainless Steel Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona", case No. 5287152, Ref. 6263/6265. Made in 1982. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel riveted Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-colored, black and silver with steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in “Rolex Daytona: a Legend is Born”, Best Edition 2006, by Pergola, Mazzariol, Dosso, pp. 132-168.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
