Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003

LOT 310

Fuerza Aerea del Perù. Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239. Produced in the early 1960s. Made for the Fuerza Aerea del Perù. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wrist-watch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, back engraved: "Fuerza Aerea Del Perù", tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolored satiné silver and "guilloche"black with applied steel bâton indexes, outer tritium-coated dots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, sel-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.