89,680 CHF
“Stainless Steel Paul Newman” Rolex, “Oyster Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 6241. Case No. 2036565. Made in 1969. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with anti-reflective black bezel, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color off-white and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds track in red. Luminous steel “baton” hands. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of an Asian Collector Notes Ref. 6241 appeared in the Rolex catalogue in 1969 and 1970. The “Exotic” dial, the so-called “Paul Newman” only appeared in the Rolex catalogue during these years. A similar watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2006 Edition, vol. 1, p. 135.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
