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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 443

Ref. 6265, ?Gold Cosmograph? Rolex, ?Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph?, Ref. 6265/6263, case No. 8144461. Made in 1983. Fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold bezel with tachometer calibrated for 200 units per hour and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and papers.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

EUR 18,000 - 20,000 / USD 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 66,080

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. Bi-colored black and champagne with applied yellow 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. 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 13 mm.


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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. References 6265 and 6263 are identical with the exception of the bezel. The case bodies and backs were interchangeable at the factory. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 456.