Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 560

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona, Ref. 6241. Produced in the 1970s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and black anti-reflection bezel with tachometer .

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 26,000 - 39,000

Sold: CHF 58,650

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour.D. bicolored black and "guilloché" gold with tritium-coated black indexes, sunk auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated gold "Bâton" 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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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 6241241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul ewman", came onto the market around 1970.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439 -445 and 487-488.