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LOT 143

Timekeeper with 3 ComplicationsRolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6241, with 6239 gold bezel. Produced in the 1970's.Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with an 18K gold polished and brushed yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

USD 25,000 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor champagne and "guilloché" black with tritium-coated applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands.M. Cal. 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. Approx. overall length 195 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Ref. 6239-6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul Newman", came onto the market around 1970. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439 -445 and 487-488.