Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 102

Rolex - Ref. 6263 - Cosmograph - Daytona Rolex, Genève, Oyster Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 6392215, Ref. 6263. Made circa 1980. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wrist-watch with black bezel, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet Ref. 78350.

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 silver and black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary 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 13 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.