Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 169

Color Change Dial - Cosmograph Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", Ref. 6265. Made circa 1970. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, stainless steel bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: USD 37,760

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor silver and black with applied steel faceted indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an East Coast collector


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original