Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 27

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6262/6239 with steel bezel. Produced from 1961 to 1976. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers with tachometer, and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-colored matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.