99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 239
Rolex "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona", Movement No. 10468, Case No. 6294675, Ref. 6263, Cal. 727, 37 mm, circa 1979
A highly attractive Rolex "cult" timekeeper "COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA", so called "Big Red", sold in May 1983. With original box, original operating instructions and hand-written certificate - full set!
Case: steel, screw back ref. 6263, screwed "Triplock" winding crown, screwed chronograph pushers (MKII), black bezel (MKIII) with tachy scale, "coffee bean" steel "Jubilee" bracelet Hecho en Mexico, bracelet length 180 mm, total length 220 mm. Dial: black.
References 6263 (with acrylic bezel) and 6265 (with engraved steel bezel) are available in two versions: with white dial with black subsidiary dials and with black dial with white subsidiary dials. The two references were introduced in 1970 to replace references 6262 and 6264 (without screw down buttons) and featured the larger Daytona logo from around 1974 on.
A highly attractive Rolex "cult" timekeeper "COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA", so called "Big Red", sold in May 1983. With original box, original operating instructions and hand-written certificate - full set!
Case: steel, screw back ref. 6263, screwed "Triplock" winding crown, screwed chronograph pushers (MKII), black bezel (MKIII) with tachy scale, "coffee bean" steel "Jubilee" bracelet Hecho en Mexico, bracelet length 180 mm, total length 220 mm. Dial: black.
References 6263 (with acrylic bezel) and 6265 (with engraved steel bezel) are available in two versions: with white dial with black subsidiary dials and with black dial with white subsidiary dials. The two references were introduced in 1970 to replace references 6262 and 6264 (without screw down buttons) and featured the larger Daytona logo from around 1974 on.
Sold
estimated
42.000—60.000 €
Price realized
51.300 €