Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 203

So-called "Paul Newman"Rolex, Oyster, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6265/6263. Produced in the 1970?s.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chrono-graph,registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation onthe gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor black and satin-finished gold with applied gold tritium-coated indexes, sunk auxiliary black dialsfor the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated gold "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.Approx. overall length 190 mm.