Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 89

Ref. 6263 Color Change Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona," Ref. 6263. Made circa 1975. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee (now void) and instruction booklets.

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 satine silver and brown with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary brown 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, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.