$47,200
"Gold Cosmograph" Rolex, "Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph", Ref. 6265/6263. Made circa 1980. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold bezel with tachometer, and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction manual and Oyster booklet. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor champagne and black with applied gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous gold "baton" hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line 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:
2007-06-14
