Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 47

Yellow Gold Ref. 6239 ?Cosmograph Daytona? Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 6239. Made in 1968. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer bezel graduated for 200 units per hour, with an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet.

C.Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor black and gold with applied gold baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722, 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline 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. Approx. overall length 205 mm.