ROLEX Oyster Cosmograph ROC No Daytona Ref. 6265 Mk1 Bezel - boxes, booklets and purchase receipt (1971)

Price - £54,000

Mann About Time is delighted to offer for sale a one owner Rolex Cosmograph "No Daytona" ROC dial Reference 6265, with boxes, purchase receipt, guarantee and booklet - in overall exceptional and original condition

Manufacturer - ROLEX

Year - 1971

Reference - 6265

Movement -  Valjoux 727 Manual Wind

Case Serial - 2851517

Material -  Stainless Steel - 37.5 mm not including crown (Triplock 70x crown)

Case, movement, and dial signed

Oyster Bracelet ref. 7835 with 271 endlinks - clasp stamped 72

Correct and original Steel 200 Mk 1 Bezel with Dot next to 160 

Comes with purchase receipt, original inner and outer boxes (outer box with 6265 and black dot sticker, denoting black dial), guarantee and Cosmograph booklet

The matte black dial is free from blemishes of any kind, and the original tritium plots and hands match and react evenly falling away quickly under UV

The case is thick and evenly proportioned, the Mark 1 bezel is exceptionally sharp

The bracelet is stamped 1972, with the watch having been sold in 1973 (two years after the watch production date) - which is correct -  as impossible as it is to believe, these early Daytona Cosmograph watches were relatively unloved in those early days, and would often languish in dealer windows for months or even years

The watch has had a maintenance service including cleaning and regulation, and new old stock crystal fitted - and is running strong at an amplitude of 267 degrees at + 11 seconds per day