Rolex. Rare chronographe bracelet en acier mouvement mécanique Rolex. A rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Model: Cosmograph Daytona Reference: 6263 Date: Purchased 7th May 1984 Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.727 manual wind, column wheel chronograph, adjusted to 3 positions Dial: Silvered, red Daytona, applied polished baton hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions, black subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, polished baton hands with luminous inserts, centre chronograph hand Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, screw down crown flanked by twin screw down pushers, fixed bezel with black calibrated insert and tachymetre scale, No.6043671 Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed 78350 Oyster link, end links stamped 571 Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped DT7 Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 37mm Accompaniments: Rolex box, Guarantee Footnotes: In 1969 Rolex replaced the first Oyster Cosmograph 6240 with both the reference 6263 and 6265. Although similar in many aspects, the main differentiating factor between the two new references was the choice of bezel. The 6265 featured a smooth engraved metal bezel, whereas the 6263, as with the current lot, presented to the market a black aluminium insert with printed tachymetre. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com