MK Personal Collection Rare Rolex Steel Brown Dial Cosmograph Wristwatch Ref 6263 Circa 1969

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Item Number 97534
Weight 1.0000
Item Brand Rolex
Band Steel
Box & Papers None
Caliber 727
Case Steel
Serial Number on Case 6263/27XX.XXX
Circa 1969
Notes About Condition Case is close to mint
Condition of Movement Running Condition Keeps Accurate Time
Crystal Plastic
Dial Original
Gender Men's
Jewels 17
Model Daytona
MK Personal Collection The present lot is part of a larger privately held collection and is intended for exhibition purposes only. Rare Rolex Steel Brown Dial Cosmograph Wristwatch Ref 6263 Circa 1969. This fine men's steel Rolex Daytona Cosmograph with three-body construction case and screwed-down case back, buttons and crown Serial # 2.7XX.XXX, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour, bi-colored original exotic brown and silver dial with applied steel bâton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track and subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers with luminous steel "bâton" hands, Rolex Cal. 727 rhodium plated 17 jewel movement with straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. The dial, case and movement are signed. he Rolex Cosmograph does not need an introduction as it has for decades captivated collectors worldwide from the original models launched in the 1960s to the most recent iterations of the 21st century. Reference 6263 was in production - together with its metal-bezel sibling reference 6265 - since the late 1960s until 1987. The final evolution of the manual Daytona line, it is considered by many the most representative and iconic reference of the line, incorporating all the details which made the Daytona a masterpiece of design: bezel with black insert bearing a tachymetre scale, screw-down pushers, and the unmistakable Rolex Oyster case. The present example is a perfect study in stealth contrast with its silver dial, black bezel and subdials that have turned and incredibly attractive and harmonious chocolate brown color. This fresh-to-the-market example from 1973 is fitted with its original MK2 pusher. In addition to its very appealing condition and tropical subdials, its rarity is further enhanced by the desirable ‘Sigma’ dial, which has the Sigma marks flanking the “T SWISS T” at 6 o’clock, designating the use of gold for the hour markers and hand
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