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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 272

?Color-Change Dial? Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", Ref. 6265. Made in the 1970s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 21,275

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-colored satiné silver and brown with applied steel bâton indexes, outer tritium-coated dots, subsidiary ?guilloché? 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 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original