Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 149

Rolex Oyster Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6265. Production of this reference started in 1971.Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers,steel bezel with tachometer and a Rolex stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation onthe bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor satiné silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium-coateddots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "Bâton" hands.M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3positions, shock-absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, microstella regulatingscrews.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.