Exceptional Horological Works of Art

Geneva, Oct 19, 2002

LOT 38

Rolex Cosmograph, Ref. 6239, with pulsometer dial and steel bezel. Produced in the 1970's. Extremely fine and probably unique, water-resistant, stain-less steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 1 - 1

EUR 1 - 1

Sold: CHF 80,500

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolored matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, auxiliary "guilloché" sunk dials for the seconds, the minute and 12-hour registers, pulsometer. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Only one example of this reference in gold with pul-someter dial is known. Ref. 6239 - 6241 Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with an exotic dial, called the "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Pa-trizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 1998, p. 343.