100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 281

Rolex Cosmograph 'Daytona', so-called 'Paul Newman', Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, produced from 1961to 1976.Very fine tonneau-shaped water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round buttonchronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by a stainless steel Oyster bracelet, fitted box andcertificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to200 units per hour. D. bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials forthe seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. 'Bâton' tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13''' rhodium plated,17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm