Phillips auction Three is gonna be in May 2016. The centrepiece is the Tropical 6263 RCO PN but a lot of rare and fine pieces will come up for the auction.
First is a Daytona Ref.6239 Pulsations called ‘The Doctor’ that is one of only a few known in the market. There is a blue track on the side of dial for measuring doctor thing that makes quite a difference compared to normal Daytona dials.
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Cosmograph “The Doctor”, Ref.6239, Stainless steel, 1966
Estimate CHF350000 – 700000（sold 1,085,000CHF）
Then there is an extremely rare piece Ref.6240 RCO called oyster baby. This is a somehow an ‘OysterDown’ RCO. Ref.6240 are ‘in’ at the moment and think this is going to do very well.
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“Oyster Alpina”, Ref.6240, Stainless steel, 1966
Estimate CHF100000 – 200000（Sold 281,000CHF）
This is an 18K ‘Red Sword’ Ref.6265 (Oman Army model). With Ref.6263, it was the best.
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Oyster Cosmograph “Oman”, Ref.6265, 18k yellow gold, 1973
Estimate CHF200000 – 400000（SOLD 605,000CHF）
And this 14K Ref.6241 which became brown, which has been called the ‘Copper Tone Dial’. Depending on the choice of leather, the strap looks good.
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Cosmograph Daytona, “The Copper-Tone”, Ref.6241, 14k yellow gold, 1966
Estimate CHF80000 – 160000（SOLD 185,000CHF）
And now the centrepiece, the 3-step Tropical Oyster PN. Even thought condition is not that good, the estimate has become ridiculous.
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Cosmograph Daytona “Paul Newman Oyster Down”, Ref.6263, stamped inside caseback 6239, Stainless steel, 1969
Estimate CHF750000 – 1500000（SOLD 1,985,000CHF）
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