$96,000
Ref. 6262, Cosmograph Daytona, Paul Newman Rolex, “Oyster Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 6262/6239. Made in 1969. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color matte silver and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, recessed outer minute/seconds track in black. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Reference 6262 was the second version of Cosmograph featuring pump pushers and replaced reference 6239. Offered at the same time as its sister version with a black plastic bezel (Ref. 6264), it was featured in the catalogues from the midsixties to about 1970.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
