50,600 CHF
Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, produced from 1961 to 1976.Very fine and rare tonneau-shaped water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by a stainless steel Oyster bracelet, fitted box and certificate. three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. Notes Ref. 6239 - 6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1998, p. 343.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
