The 6263 Oyster Cosmograph Daytona aka ‘The Rambo’

The Rambo Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 6263/6262. Made in the late 1970s. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a 3-page biography of Colonel “Bo” Gritz.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour, case back engraved: COL BO GRITZ, OPN POW – MIA 1979 – 84.

D. Bi-color matte silver and black with steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel 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.

Courtesy of Antiquorum

REVOLUTION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLEX SPORT WATCH

NEW YORK – 17 APRIL 2008

LOT 245
ESTIMATE PRICE: SFr.35,000-45,000
PRICE REALIZED: US$.75,600

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