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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 80

Ref. 6265, Yellow Gold Cosmograph Rolex, Oyster, Cosmograph, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6265. Made circa 1978. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

USD 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 35,000 - 43,000 / CHF 53,000 - 65,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands,M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

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Ref. 6265. Produced from 1961 to 1988; the first model with screwed-down buttons around 1970. Manufactured in 18K and 14K yellow gold, steel and gold, stainless steel, with steel or black enameled bezel. A similar watch is published in " Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456-457-490.