Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 475

Ref. 6239, Yellow Gold ?Cosmograph Daytona? Rolex, ?Cosmograph, Daytona?, Ref. 6239, case No. 2330438. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold bezel with tachometer graduated to 200UPH and a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor gold and black with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From ?The Collection?