60,950 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Oyster Cosmograph “Daytona", Ref. 6263. Produced circa 1980. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and with black anti-reflect bezel graduated to 200 units per hour. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, Triplock crown and chronograph pushers, tachometer graduation on the bezel. Two-tone black and beige with applied gold indexes and tritium dots,subsidiary "guilloché" sunk seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers dials. Tritium-coated gold "bâton" hands. Notes Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 446 to 452 and 489.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24
