52,900 CHF
Timekeeper with 3 ComplicationsRolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6241, with 6239 gold bezel. Produced in the 1970's.Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with an 18K gold polished and brushed 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. bicolor champagne and "guilloché" black with tritium-coated applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands. Notes Ref. 6239-6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul Newman", came onto the market around 1970. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439 -445 and 487-488.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
