The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 222

Ref. 6264, Yellow Gold So-Called "Paul Newman" Rolex, ?Cosmograph, Daytona?, Ref. 6264/6241. Case No 2357480. Made in 1970. Exceptionally rare and fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, anti-reflective black bezel with tachometer graduated to 200UPH and gold-plated Rolex buckle.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 40,000 - 50,000 / USD 45,000 - 65,000

Sold: CHF 106,200

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the anti-reflective black bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color black and champagne with applied luminous tipped gold block indexes, outer minute/seconds on a black chapter ring, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Luminous yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, 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 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present watch was sold by Rolex to Bucherer in 1971. Reference 6264 can be considered the rarest of the ?Cosmograph? references, having only been produced for two years from 1970 to 1972. This reference was available in 18K and 14K gold as well as stainless steel and was the last non-Oyster chronograph produced by Rolex. Another interesting fact regarding this reference is that it never appeared in the Rolex ?General Catalogue? however it does appear in the Rolex workshop manual. The present lot bears two reference numbers, 6264 on the body of the watch, which refers to the specific characteristics of this watch, and Ref. 6241 in the case back, which refers to an identical watch with the exception that the calibre is a Cal.722. For the biography of Paul Newman, see lot 218. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, pp. 440, 441.