Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 15, 2015

LOT 259

ROLEX REF 6262 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA TROPICAL SUB-DIALS Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 2553500, Ref. 6262/6239. Made in 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour, screwed-down case back and crown. Bicolor silver and black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.