57,500 CHF
Rolex Oyster Cosmograph, "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, 1970's, with gold bezel. Very fine and rare, waterproof, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet. massive, polished, satined, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolour champagne and black with applied gold indexes + auxiliary black dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Baton" tritium gold hands. Notes Ref. 6239-6241 Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first "Paul Newman " circa 1970. Rolex " Daytona " Cosmograph so-called " Paul Newman " This particular model of the Rolex " Daytona " Cosmograph was initially called "Exotic " because of its dial. In the 1980 ' s, the name so-called "Paul Newman " appeared variant on account of the particular " square " points making out the intermediate hour, minute and seconds divisions on the main and subsidiary dials. The sobriquet emanates from the fact that Paul Newman is seen wearing just such a watch during the film of the " Carrera Mexicana " . White squares characterise the steel-cased watches and black squares the gold dial model. The " Paul Newman " variants are indeed the earliest models and much are than the standard Cosmograph dials and consequently sought after by collectors.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
