345,000 HKD
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Made circa 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers with tachometer, and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezelto 200 units per hour. Bi-colored matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, subsidiarydials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to threepositions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 220 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
