Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 259

Rolex 6263 Gold Cosmograph Rolex, ?Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph?, case No. 5996795, Ref. 6263. Made circa 1979. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold black bezel with tachometer graduated to 200 units per hour and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex box.

HKD 320,000 - 420,000

USD 41,000 - 55,000 / EUR 32,000 - 42,000

Sold: HKD 400,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the black gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color black and champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds division, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous gold 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 13.5 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

The gold examples of reference 6265 and 6263 were certified chronometers, as stated on the dial.
Ref. 6263 This reference was produced from 1971 to 1987 in stainless steel, 14K and 18K yellow gold; two platinum examples were specially made for the Sultan of Oman.