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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 318

Stainless Steel Daytona Exotic Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona?, case No. 1197193, Ref. 6239. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel graduated to 200UPH and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet.

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

USD 32,000 - 40,000 / EUR 22,000 - 28,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-colored matte silver and black, applied square steel indexes and luminous dots, outer red seconds track with fifth of a second divisions, black subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-28-01

Good

Replacements

HANDS Original

Notes

Rolex, Ref. 6239.
Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. They were produced in 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold, and stainless steel. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439, 442, 444, 445, 446, 487, 488, 489.