Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 302

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Oyster Cosmograph, Ref. 6263/6239, with anti-reflective black bezel. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Matte silver with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Height 14 mm.