Live Auction 1235Important Watches - The Dubai Sale
ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BLACK DIAL AND BRACELET
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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BLACK DIAL AND BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 6263, CASE NO. 5503246, CIRCA 1978

Closed20 March 2014

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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BLACK DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 6263, CASE NO. 5503246, CIRCA 1978
Cal. 727 mechanical lever movement, 17 jewels, black matte dial, applied baton numerals with luminous accents, luminous hands, outer fifths of a second divisions, three engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, bezel calibrated for 200 units, screw back, screw down crown, two screw down chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, case, dial and movement signed
37.5mm. diam.

Specialist note

Reference 6263 was introduced into the market in the early 1970s and was available in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold. The model was fitted with the "Oyster" or "Screw-down" chronograph push-buttons and a bezel with black plastic insert, the tachymeter scale printed in white. Models in 14K gold were exclusively reserved for the North American market. Different versions of the model are described and illustrated in II Cronografi Rolex - La Leggenda, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 328 - 335.