Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 223

So-called "Paul Newman"Rolex, "Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 6232/6269. Produced in the 1970s.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, stainless steel bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor black and off-white with applied black indexes and tritium-coated dots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th second scale. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensaing free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.