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Lot 89
Rolex. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Bracelet and Black "Sigma" Dial
Signed Rolex, Oyster Cosmograph, Ref. 6263, Case No. 3'559'068, Circa 1972
Closed13 June 2018
Price Realised
USD 87,500
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Specialist note
The present reference 6263 features a dial that is known as a "Sigma" dial, indicated by two small Sigma symbols on either side of the "T Swiss T". The Sigma symbols indicate that the baton numerals and hands on a dial are made of gold, in this case white gold.
Sigma dials were first seen on the reference 6240, and were nicknamed "Goute A Prior" by Italian collectors and originally referred to the union of three Rolex dial producers: Singer, Stern, and Beyeler. On later references, the Sigma came to refer to indices and hands in gold.
For a note on the "Goute A Prior", see Rolex Daytona, a legend is born by Carlo Pergola, Stefano Mazzariol, & Giovanni Doss, p. 82. An example of a reference 6263 with Sigma Dial is illustrated on p. 136.
Sigma dials were first seen on the reference 6240, and were nicknamed "Goute A Prior" by Italian collectors and originally referred to the union of three Rolex dial producers: Singer, Stern, and Beyeler. On later references, the Sigma came to refer to indices and hands in gold.
For a note on the "Goute A Prior", see Rolex Daytona, a legend is born by Carlo Pergola, Stefano Mazzariol, & Giovanni Doss, p. 82. An example of a reference 6263 with Sigma Dial is illustrated on p. 136.