35,650 CHF
Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's.Fine water-resistant stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolor black and matte silver 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.Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, called 'Paul Newman', came on the market around 1970.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by OSVALDO PATRIZZI, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1998, p. 345.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-10-15
