$27,500
ROLEX REF. 6239 STEEL COSMOGRAPH Rolex “Cosmograph,” case No. 1079777, Ref, 6239. Made in the 1960's. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Rolex USA Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer on the bezel graduated to 200 units per hour, case back engraved: With Love Ima 9-13-65. Bicolor black and silver with applied faceted steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary silver guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, 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. overall length 200 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-12-07
