The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 270

Ref. 6239 Stainless Steel So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 6239/6242. Case No. 2048277. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel graduated to 200UPH and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void).

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 26,000 - 40,000 / USD 30,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 135,250

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color matte black and silver with black and luminous indexes, outer red seconds track with fifth of a second divisions, silver subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-7

Good

Oxidized
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present lot bears two reference numbers, 6239 on the body of the watch, which refers to the specific characteristics of this watch, and ref 6242 in the case back. The exact details of reference 6242 are unknown as this reference has not been published in any Rolex catalogue. That said, it is conceivable that it is the sister watch to the reference 6241, only with a steel bezel instead of an anti-reflective black bezel. For a biography of Paul Newman, see lot 218. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 442.