Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 93

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6241. Made in 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and black antireflection bezel with tachometer.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolored, gold and "guilloché" black with tritium-coated black indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722, 13''', 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. Thickness: 13,5 mm.