75,000 CHF
ROLEX REF 6262 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, TROPICAL BRONZE Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 2734291, Ref. 6262. Made in 1971. Very fine and extremely rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour (exchanged), screwed-down case back and crown. Copper and black, with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Marking a new milestone in the development of the Daytona the reference 6262 marked a new era with the introduction of the caliber 727 replacing the 722. The period also marked a new era in the dial design with unusual dial designs such as pulsation scales. Unknown to the market, this dial has aged to a very attractive even copper color and exhibits all the font characteristics and dial lay-out like all the other Daytona dials, eliminating the possibility of having been refinished or artificially aged.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10
