The 6263 Oyster Cosmograph Daytona ‘Fuerza Aerea del Peru’

Ref. 6263 Fuerza Aerea del Peru Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6263/6265. Made in 1974 for the "Fuerza Aerea del Peru". Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and anti-reflective black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour. Accompanied by a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, Triplock crown and chronograph pushers, tachometer graduation on the bezel.

D. Bicolor black and matte silver with applied steel baton indexes and tritium 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 Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed.

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REVOLUTION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLEX SPORT WATCH

NEW YORK – 17 APRIL 2008

LOT 244
ESTIMATE PRICE: US$.50,000-70,000
PRICE REALIZED: US$.56,400

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