$48,000
Ref. 6263 Yellow Gold Cosmograph Rolex, Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6263. Made circa 1980. Fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black tachometer bezel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor champagne and black with applied gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold 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 14 mm. Notes Ref. 6263 This reference was produced from 1971 to 1987 in stainless steel, 14K and 18K yellow gold and in platinum, specially made in two examples for the Sultan of Oman. A similar watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2006 Edition, vol II, pg 335.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
