Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 15, 2015
LOT 393
ROLEX REF 6265 YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph" case No. 39874XX (partially erased), Ref. 6265/6263. Made in 1975. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and a 18k yellow gold Rolex riveted Oyster bracelet.
CHF 35,000 - 55,000
HKD 290,000 - 460,000 / USD 38,000 - 59,000
Sold: CHF 47,500
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes/seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2-8* |
Very good Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |