17,250 CHF
Rolex Oyster Cosmograph, so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's. Very fine and rare, waterproof, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. massive, polished, satined, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolour white and black with applied tritium steel indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Baton" tritium steel hands. Notes A similar watch is pubished in Rolex, Collecting lihistwatcltes, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1998, p. 346.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31