Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 370

ROLEX, REF. 6263 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, ORIGINAL WARRANTY AND INVOICE Rolex, Genève, Oyster Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 3536888, Ref. 6263. Made in 1973, sold on December 12th, 1974. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster folded bracelet Ref. 7835. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty, sales invoice in the amount of 995 DM, instruction booklet and various service invoices.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and tritium dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. 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.