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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 362

Rolex, Oyster Cosmograph, Daytona, so-called?Paul Newman?, Ref. 6265, with gold bezel, 1970?s.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

HKD 184,000 - 224,000

USD 23,000 - 28,000

Sold: HKD 207,000

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour.D. bicolor black and matte gold with applied tritium-coated gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. ?Bâton? tritium-coated gold hands. M. 13???, rhodium plated,17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches,1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, p. 358.Ref. 6265Produced from 1961 to 1988, the first model with screwed buttons around 1970 as follows: 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold or stainless steel with gold, steel or black enamelled bezel.Similar watches are published in Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches, 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, p. 384.