$78,000
Ref. 6265 Yellow Gold "Paul Newman", So-Called John Mayer Rolex, Oyster, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6265. Made circa 1979. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold tachometer bezel and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet. To be sold without reserve Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold square indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous 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 13 mm. Notes Ref. 6265. Produced from 1961 to 1988; the first model with screwed-down buttons around 1970. Manufactured in 18K and 14K yellow gold, steel and gold, stainless steel, with steel or black enameled bezel. A similar watch is published in " Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 456-457-490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
