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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 310

Stainless Steel Cosmograph Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", case No. 3528823, Ref. 6265 with steel bezel. Made in 1973. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

USD 23,000 - 27,000 / EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 37,200

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color silver and matte black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary matte balck guilloché 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, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 195 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-34-03

Good

Restored by the manufacture

HANDS Period

Notes

Similar watches are ilustrated in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456-457-490.