$40,250
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6262/6239 with steel bezel. Made in the late 1960s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color matte black and silver with black and tritiumcoated indexes, "guilloché" silver subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. Cal. 727, 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:
2005-12-07
