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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 273
Ref 6239, Underline "Double Swiss" Rolex, ?Cosmograph?, case No. 1781636, Ref. 6239. Made in 1968. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel graduated to 200 units per hour, and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.
HKD 500,000 - 700,000
USD 65,000 - 90,000 / EUR 40,000 - 55,000
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 UPH, curved lugs. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary silver guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 722, 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 14 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
The reference. 6239 was produced from 1961 to 1976, and the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called ?Paul Newman?, came on the market in the late 60s. They were produced in 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold and stainless steel. Since the ref. 6239 has round non-screwed down push buttons, some collectors consider it a ?Non-Oyster? model. The famous ?Daytona? inscription was introduced circa 1964. In the very early models the bezel was graduated to 300 units/hour and the later version it was graduated to 200. The ref. 6239 was replaced by the ref. 6263. It is said that Paul Newman himself to this day wears a ref. 6239 ?Daytona? and has done so since 1972, the watch having been given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, when Mr. Newman took up automobile racing.