Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 459

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6239 Rolex, Cosmograph, Daytona, case No. 1836320 , Ref. 6239. Made in 1968. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, bezel with tachometer and a 18k gold riveted Rolex bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex box and overhaul receipt from Rolex Sao Paolo dated September 2011.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold 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 190 mm.