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New York, Apr 17, 2008

LOT 241

Ref. 6262, Cosmograph Daytona, Paul Newman Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 6262/6239. Made in 1969. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

USD 70,000 - 100,000

EUR 47,000 - 67,000

Sold: USD 96,000

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.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 6262 was the second version of Cosmograph featuring pump pushers and replaced reference 6239. Offered at the same time as its sister version with a black plastic bezel (Ref. 6264), it was featured in the catalogues from the midsixties to about 1970.