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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 106

Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called ?Paul Newman?, Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Produced in the 1970's. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 21,000 - 28,000 / USD 18,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 50,600

C. three-body, polished and brushed, dedicated back, screw-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor sand-finished white and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 13''' 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439, 442, 444 to 446, 487 and 488.