Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 25

Stainless Steel Ref. 6264, So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6264/6239. Case No.2736708. Made in 1971. Very fine water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, anti-reflect black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000 / USD 40,000 - 56,000

Sold: CHF 70,800

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel. D. Bicolored matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, subsidiary sunk seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 727, 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 14 mm. Property of a German Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-20

Good

Period original
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 6264 is considered one of the rarest of the ?Paul Newman? references; it was used for only a two years, and was a transitional model between the references 6263 and 6241, with round push buttons, and the references 6263 and 6265, with screw-down push buttons, and still had a round push button. The present lot bears two reference numbers, 6264 between the lugs, which refers to the specific characteristics of this watch, and 6239 in the case back. The case bodies and backs were interchangeable at the factory. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2005, p. 137.