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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 24

Ref. 6239, Stainless Steel ? Cosmograph Daytona? Rolex, ?Cosmograph, Daytona?, Ref. 6239 . case No. 1599652. Made in 1967. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman' s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and stainless steel bezel with tachometer graduated to 300UPH and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

CHF 26,000 - 32,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000 / USD 21,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 28,320

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour. D. Bicolored silver and black with applied steel bâton indexes, luminous dots outer minute/seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a German Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-28-01

Good

Replacements

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2005, vol. 1, p. 132.