Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
New York, Jun 18, 2008
LOT 69
Ref. 6265 ?Steel Cosmograph? Rolex, "Oyster Daytona", Ref. 6265 / 6262. Made in the late 1970?s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with steel bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.
USD 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 20,000
Sold: USD 31,200
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color matte black and silver with steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary silver 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. US$: 20,000 - 30,000 / ?: 13,000 - 20,000 AAA AAA C 3 D 3 - 01 M 3*
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Similar watches are published in " Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456-457-490.