Rolex - TOKI: Watch Auction Hong Kong Friday, November 22, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1980
    Reference No: 6263, repeated inside caseback
    Movement No: 13’623
    Case No: 6’412’303
    Model Name: Cosmograph Daytona “Big Red”
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Manual, cal. 727, 17 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, endlinks stamped “571”, max length 190mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp stamped “F, 78350”
    Dimensions: 37mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Rolex Japanese guarantee stamped Shin-Gifu Department Store dated 31st May 1985, Rolex service invoices, 1979 calendar card, instruction manual, product literature, leather card holder, green plastic pouch, spare crystal, hands, pushers, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    One of the most coveted vintage timepieces of the current era is the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “Big Red”. Perfectly proportioned for daily wear with a splash of red text, its simple and elegant yet casual design captivates seasoned and beginner watch collectors alike. In fact the design is so appealing, the “Big Red” ref. 6263 served as Rolex’s inspiration for the universally acclaimed contemporary Daytona model with ceramic bezel.

    Born from 1980 and later sold in 1985, the present ref. 6263 in stainless steel with screw down pushers and acrylic black bezel was in production for nearly 20 years, with its masterful design outlasting the early pump-pusher variations making it a horological icon today.

    The present lot is an especially desirable example of a reference 6263, offered with its original Japanese guarantee and all its service papers and presentation box.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Ref. 6263, repeated inside caseback
A well-preserved stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, guarantee and presentation box

Circa 1980
37mm diameter
Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$550,000 - 780,000 
€63,400-89,900
$70,500-100,000

Sold for HK$990,600

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TOKI: Watch Auction

Hong Kong Auction 22 November