750,000 HKD
ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN STEEL Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. 1626980, Ref. 6239. Made circa 1965. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex box. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor ivory and black with applied square steel indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-06-28
