Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 333

Stainless Steel Ref. 6262, Cosmograph Daytona, Paul Newman Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 6262/6239. Case No. 2416821. Made in 1967. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

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, recessed outer minute/seconds track in black. 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of Various Owners