Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 94

Ref. 6265, Yellow Gold Cosmograph Rolex, ?Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified Cosmograph?, case No. 3752046, Ref. 6265. Made in 1974. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black tachometer bezel graduated to 200UPH and a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

HKD 250,000 - 350,000

USD 35,000 - 50,000 / EUR 25,000 - 35,000

Sold: HKD 264,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and 1/5th seconds division, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 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: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The gold examples of reference 6265 and 6263 were certified chronometers, as stated on the dial. References 6265 and 6263 are identical with the exception of the bezel. The case bodies and backs were interchangeable at the factory. Similar watches are published in ?Rolex Daytona: a Legend is Born?, Best Edition 2006, by Pergola, Mazzariol, Dosso.