Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 400

Ref. 6262, ?Paul Newman? Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph Daytona?, case No. 2476851, Ref. 6262/6239. Made in 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex service receipt.

CHF 65,000 - 85,000

USD 60,000 - 80,000 / EUR 43,000 - 56,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor silver and black with applied steel square indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three 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 175 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6262Was 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.