Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 542

ROLEX REF 6265 COSMOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph," case No. 6392839, Ref. 6265. Made circa 1979. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and an 18k yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 75,000 - 110,000

HKD 600,000 - 880,000 / USD 75,000 - 110,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed- down case back (Ref. 6263), buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor black and silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, 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:
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-10-01-05

Very good

Patinated

HANDS Original

HANDS Luminous material reapplied

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Usually on the yellow gold version of the reference 6263 and 6265, the dials were always either of black or champagne color. Here it has the unusual characteristic of having the black dial found on the stainless steel versions but of course with gold indexes. Only three pieces are known by today.