34,500 CHF
Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel and exotic dial. Produced in the 1970's.Fine water resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by original box and certificate. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour. bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, auxiliary "guilloché" sunk dials for the seconds, the minute and 12 hour-registers, outer 1/5th second scale in red indexes. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. Notes For a note, see lot 392.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 439 to 445, and 487-488.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
