Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 347

Rolex Stainless Steel Ref. 6264, So-call ed Paul Newman Rolex, "Cosmograph Daytona", case No. 2372946, Ref. 6264/6241. Made in 1970. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, anti-reflect black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Three color matte silver, red and black with applied steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials, outer 1/5th/minute divisions. 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 Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm.