$64,900
Rolex - Ref. 6239 - Paul Newman - Cosmograph - Daytona Rolex, Genève, “Cosmograph Daytona,” case No. 1782179, Ref. 6239. Made circa 1968. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with steel bezel, round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor black and silver with applied square indexes and luminous dots, outer red 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloché 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 adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-12-08
