30,000 CHF
ROLEX REF 6239 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA STEEL Rolex, "Cosmograph Daytona" case No. 1626277, Ref. 6239. Made circa 1967. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a later stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 300 units per hour, screweddown case back and winding crown. Black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length 173 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
