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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 26

Yellow Gold Ref. 6265 ?Cosmograph? Rolex, ?Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph?, Ref. 6265/6263. Case No.5953743. Made in 1979. 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.

CHF 42,000 - 52,000

EUR 27,000 - 33,000 / USD 34,000 - 42,000

Sold: CHF 49,560

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolored black and champagne with applied gold bâton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 727B, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a German Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The gold examples of reference 6265 and 6263 were certified chronometers, as stated on the dial. The present lot bears two reference numbers: 6265 between the lugs, which refers the specific characteristics of this watch, and 6263 in the case back. The case bodies and backs were interchangeable at the factory. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2005, vol. I, pp. 43, 138, 145-149.