42,480 CHF
Ref. 6263, Stainless Steel "Cosmograph Daytona" Rolex, "Oyster, Cosmograph, Daytona", case No. 5503446, Ref. 6263. Made in 1978. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by two Rolex Hong Kong service documents. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and "Triplock" crown, tachometer graduation on the antireflective bezel to 200 units/hour. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel "baton" hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, microstella regulating screws, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Ref. 6262-6263. Produced in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold, the first examples of this Ref. were commercialized in 1970, and appeared in the 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. Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 446 to 457, 489 and 490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
