Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 205

Rolex Ref. 6265 Steel Cosmograph Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph?, case No. 3032116, Ref. 6265. Made in 1972. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, steel bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

CHF 20,000 - 27,000

USD 18,000 - 25,000 / EUR 13,000 - 18,000

Sold: CHF 19,800

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor silver and black with applied faceted steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx overall length 190 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Similar watches appear in ?Rolex Daytona: a Legend is Born?, Best Edition 2006, by Pergola, Mazzariol, Dosso, pp. 132-168.