Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 103

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph", Ref. 6265/6263 with steel bezel. Sold on September 11, 1985. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, original guarantee (now void) and instruction manual.

USD 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 60,000 - 80,000

Sold: USD 94,400

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color matte silver and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black 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, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

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It is extremely rare to find a Paul Newman Daytona in new old stock condition. The watch has remained as new and was probably one of the last ones sold, as indicated by the original warranty (now void), dated 1985. Its desirability is further enhanced by the original Rolex sticker on the case back. A similar watch is published in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol. I, pp. 83, 138, 145 to 149.