29,900 CHF
Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, so-called Paul Newman, Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's.Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with stainless steel Oyster bracelet. three body, polished and brushed, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolour black and white with tritium-coated applied steel indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30-minute registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. Notes Ref. 6239-6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, so-called Paul Newman, came on the market around 1970, as follows: 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold or stainless steel with gold, steel or black enamelled bezel.Similar watches are published in Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex, New Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, pp. 345, 346, 347, 381, 382 and 383.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-13
