Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 39

Ref. 6263 So-called "Ferrari Red" Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph?, Ref. 6263, case No. 6294686. Made in 1980. Extremely rare and very fine water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with red and black dial, round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with black anti-reflective bezel graduated to 200 units per hour, and a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Recently overhaul by Rolex.

HKD 700,000 - 1,000,000

USD 90,000 - 130,000 / EUR 75,000 - 110,000

Sold: HKD 1,628,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, screw down Triplock crown and chronograph pushers, tachometer graduation on the bezel. D. Two-tone red and black with applied steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

In 1979, Rolex made a few experimental dials for References 6263 and 6265 in three different colors, one of which was red. The red dial was produced in two versions: - The first has white subsidiary dials and chronograph seconds scale (see lot 308, sold by Antiquorum on June 14, 2003; and lot 571, sold by Antiquorum on October 11, 2003). - The second has black subsidiary dials and chronograph seconds scale (see lot 309, sold by Antiquorum on June 14, 2003; and lot 243, sold by Antiquorum on October 24, 2004). The present watch is the third one with a red dial and black registers to appear at auction. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches, vol. II, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2006, p. 354.