Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 201

So called "Paul Newman"Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona'", Ref. 6239, circa 1970.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, steelbezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour.D. bicolor matte silver and black with applied steel tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minuteregisters, outer red 1/5 of a seconds graduation. Tritium-coated steel "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring,micrometer regulator.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.