$23,000
Rolex Cosmograph “Daytona”, so-called “Paul Newman”,Ref. 6239 with steel bezel.Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolor matte silver and black with black and tritium-coatedindexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. “Bâton” tritium-coated steel hands. Notes Similar watches are published in “Collecting Rolex Wristwatches”, New Edition, byOsvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439, 442, 444 to 446, 487-488.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-09-20