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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 359

Rolex Oyster Cosmograph "Daytona, Ref. 6263/6262, with steel bezel. Production of this reference started in 1971. Fine water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with steel bezel with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 18,000 - 25,000

EUR 12,000 - 17,000 / USD 11,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor satiné silver with applied steel indexes, auxiliary guilloché black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-28-01

Good

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Notes

Ref. 6263/6262 Produced in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold. It was published in the Rolex catalogues from 1971 to 1987. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 446 to 457, 489 and 490.