Sold for:
50,600 CHF
50,600 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Oyster Cosmograph, Ref. 6239/6240, with steel bezel. Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first model with screwed-down buttons circa 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's 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. Matte silver with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24
