Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 280

So-Called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6264/6241. Made in the late 1960s. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, antireflect black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and original guarantee.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel. D. Bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. 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.