Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 339

Rolex Cosmograph ?Daytona?, so-called ?Paul Newman?,Ref. 6239 with steel bezel.Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.

USD 16,000 - 18,000

Sold: USD 23,000

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor matte silver and black with black and tritium-coatedindexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. ?Bâton? tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 13''' rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, schock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3

Good

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Similar watches are published in ?Collecting Rolex Wristwatches?, New Edition, byOsvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439, 442, 444 to 446, 487-488.