59,800 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6241. Manufactured in the 1970s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, anti-reflect black bezel with tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolored matte gold and black with applied yellow gold square indexes and tritium-coated dots, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated "Bâton" gold hands. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.Approx. overall length 190 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
