$110,500
ROLEX REF. 6241 – GOLD DAYTONA “PAUL NEWMAN” Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6241/6263. Made in the early 1970's. 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. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour, inner case back stamped with reference 6263. 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. 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. bracelet length 190 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-09-14
