Important Collector's, Watches, Wrist...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 147

Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's.Fine water-resistant stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 23,000 - 28,000

USD 13,000 - 15,500

Sold: CHF 35,650

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor black and matte silver with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3 - 5*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 6239.Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, called 'Paul Newman', came on the market around 1970.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by OSVALDO PATRIZZI, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 1998, p. 345.