Important Jewelry, Watches and Wristw...

Hong Kong, Furama Hotel, Jun 07, 1999

LOT 450

Rolex, Cosmograph, Daytona, Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1960's. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, stainless steel Oyster bracelet and Rolex stainless steel buckle.

HKD 50,000 - 70,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 74,750

C. three body, massive, polished, satine, screwed case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolour black and satine silver with applied tritium-coated steel indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Baton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13"' , rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 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

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6239-6241 Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, socalled "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. A similar watch is published in Rolex Collezionare Orologi da Polso, 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo PaTaizzt, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, p. 343.