37,760 CHF
“Steel Cosmograph Daytona" Rolex, "Oyster, Cosmograph, Daytona”, Ref. 6265. Case No 9343445. Made circa 1986. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, steel bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and "Triplock" crown, tachometer graduation on the antireflective bezel to 200 units/hour. Bicolor matte 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, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Ref. 6265 Produced from 1961 to 1988; the first model with screwed-down buttons around 1970. Manufactured in 18K and 14K yellow gold, steel and gold, stainless steel, with steel or black enameled bezel. Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456- 457-490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
