Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 335

Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Produced in the 1970's.Fine water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

HKD 90,000 - 110,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

C. three-body, polished and brushed, dedicated back, screw-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour. D. bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritiumdots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands.M. 13 ''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Engraved on the back: "N.A.S LOVE C.A .S - 12-25-65".Ref. 6239 - 6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with an exotic dial, called the ?Paul Newman?, came on the market around 1970. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 1998, p. 343.