Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 445

ROLEX REF. 6265 PAUL NEWMAN STEEL Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph?, case No. 3055488, Ref. 6265, case back 6262/6265. Made circa 1971. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with steel bezel, roundbutton chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour.
D. Bi-color matte white and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds track in red. Luminous steel ?bâton? hands.
M. 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. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.