Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 119

ROLEX REF 6262 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, TROPICAL BRONZE Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 2734291, Ref. 6262. Made in 1971. Very fine and extremely rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

HKD 480,000 - 640,000 / USD 62,000 - 83,000

Sold: CHF 75,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour (exchanged), screwed-down case back and crown. Copper and black, with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grade:
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

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

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Marking a new milestone in the development of the Daytona the reference 6262 marked a new era with the introduction of the caliber 727 replacing the 722. The period also marked a new era in the dial design with unusual dial designs such as pulsation scales. Unknown to the market, this dial has aged to a very attractive even copper color and exhibits all the font characteristics and dial lay-out like all the other Daytona dials, eliminating the possibility of having been refinished or artificially aged.