Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 305

Ref. 6263, Gold Cosmograph Rolex, ?Oyster, Superlative Chronometer,Officially Certified, Cosmograph?, caseNo. 4465150, Ref. 6263. Made in 1976. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold black bezel with tachometer graduated to 200 units per hour and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the black gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color black and champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds division, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous gold baton hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodiumplated, 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 14 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm