Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016
LOT 114
ROLEX REF. 6241 PAUL NEWMAN STEEL Rolex, "Cosmograph, Daytona," case No. 1766214, Ref. 6241. Made circa 1968. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with anti-reflective black tachometer bezel, round button chronograph and registers and a Rolex stainless steel Oyster folded bracelet.
HKD 540,000 - 780,000
USD 70,000 - 100,500 / CHF 67,000 - 96,500
Sold: HKD 700,000
Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor ivory and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track in red. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-8* |
Good Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
