Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 207

Ref. 6263 Fuerza Aerea del Peru Rolex Oyster Cosmograph, Ref. 6263/6265. Made in 1974 for the "Fuerza Aerea del Peru." Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved: Fuerza Aerea del Peru, screwed-down Triplock winding crown and chronograph pushers, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 UPH. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, 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 14 mm.