Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 152

ROLEX, REF. 6263 PAUL NEWMAN STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph," No. 2874377, Ref. 6263/6262. Made in 1969. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, clasp engraved: B.v.d.M. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 200 units per hour, back engraved: "Bill van der Meer, July 1974." Bicolor ivory and black with applied steel square indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black 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 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed.