55,200 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-colored matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton"hands. Cal. 722 - 1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16
