Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 222

ROLEX REF. 6263 YELLOW GOLD COSMOGRAPH Rolex, Oyster Cosmograph, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 6018962, Ref. 6263. Made in 1980. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, antireflective black bezel and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour, inner case back stamped with reference 6263. D. Bicolor black and champagne with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. bracelet length 185 mm.