Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 176

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Made in the 1960s. 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 and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, ?guilloché? 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. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm.