73,160 CHF
Ref. 6239, Yellow Gold “Cosmograph Daytona” Rolex, “Cosmograph, Daytona”, Ref. 6239, case No. 2330438. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold bezel with tachometer graduated to 200UPH and a gold-plated Rolex buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor gold and black with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. Cal 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From “The Collection” Notes This watch, extremely rare in itself, is in superb condition. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2005, vol. 1, p. 132.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
