Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 159

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 6241, with black anti-reflective bezel. Made in the late 1960s, sold on April 23, 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster expansion bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void) and an instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color black and off-white with square steel indexes and luminous dots, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.