58,650 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Made circa 1966. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentle-man's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster expand-able bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case backand crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units perhour. Bi-colored matte silver and black with applied steeltritium-coated indexes, 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 linelever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three posi-tions,shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring,Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Ref. 6239 Was made during the 1960s.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
