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The 6264 Doctors Cosmograph
Doctors Cosmograph Rolex, “Cosmograph”, case No. 2372964, Ref. 6264/6241. Made in 1970. Very fine and extremely rare,water-resistant, stainless steelwristwatchwith round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 200UPH, blue pulsometer scale on the dial and a stainless steel Rolex bracelet with deployant clasp.
C.Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 200 units per hour.
D.Bicolor silver and black with applied steel baton indexes, luminous dots, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds divisions, outermost blue pulsometer scale. Luminous steel baton hands.
M.Cal 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.
A similar watch, Ref. 6239 yellow Gold with blue pulsometer scale on the dial, made in 1969, was sold by Antiquorum on October 14th, 2007, lot 499.
Courtesy of Antiquorum
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GENEVA – 16 NOVEMBER 2008
LOT 335
ESTIMATE PRICE: SFr.160,000-240,000