$92,500
ROLEX REF. 6241 DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6241. Made in the 1960s, sold March 5th, 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, anti-reflect black bezel and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, warranty (now void) and instruction booklets. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color champagne and black with applied square yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. bracelet length 200 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-12-13
