Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 523

Rolex Ref. 6263 Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, Genève, Oyster Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 6056810, Ref. 6263. Made in 1979, sold on 24 December 1982. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet Ref. 78350. Accompanied by a spare Cosmograph Daytona dial, Rolex box and guarantee certificate (now void).

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, plexiglass crystal. 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 13.5 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.