$56,400
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. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, Triplock crown and chronograph pushers, tachometer graduation on the bezel. Bicolor black and matte silver with applied steel bâton indexes and tritium dots, subsidiary black guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. 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. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm. Notes The Peruvian Air Force was reorganized under the presidency of Manuel Odria and was renamed in 1950 the Fuerza Aerea del Peru (sometimes abbreviated as FAP). Having already started ordering chronographs from Rolex (among other models) starting from reference 6238, the FAP decided to order from Rolex some chronographs for their superior officers and chose the current model of the time, Reference 6263.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
