23,805 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 and Rolex deployant clasp. three body, massive, polished, satine, screwed case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour. bicolour black and white with applied tritium-coated steel indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Baton " tritium-coated steel hands. Notes Ref. 6239-6241 Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, so-called "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. A similar watch is published in Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex, Edition 1998, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, p. 346.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-04-24
