Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 188

ROLEX REF 6265 YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph" case No.5035123, Ref. 6265. Made in 1981. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and a yellow gold Rolex riveted Oyster U.S.A bracelet.

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

HKD 290,000 - 375,000 / USD 37,000 - 48,000

Sold: CHF 50,000

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. 727, 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx overall length: 170 mm.