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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 68

Ref. 6263, Steel Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph,? Ref. 6263. Made circa 1974. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the black antireflective bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied lapidated steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30- minute register dials. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.