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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 27

Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6238/6239. Produced in the 1960s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-downcase back and crown, tachometer gradu-ationon the steel bezel to 300 units per hour.D. Bicolored satiné silver and black with appliedsteel bâton indexes, outer tritium coated dots,subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium coatedsteel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escape-ment,monometallic balance adjusted to 3 posi-tions,shock-absorber, self-compensating Bre-guetbalance-spring, Microstella regulatingscrews. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.