Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 382

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 6264. Manufactured in the 1970s. Fine water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, anti-reflect black bezel graduated to 200 units per hour and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 38,000 / USD 31,000 - 47,000

Sold: CHF 48,300

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel.D. Bicolored matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, guilloché subsidiary sunk seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Tritium-coated steel "Baton" hands.M. Cal. 727, 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.Approx. overall length 155 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 5
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 6264 Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first model with screwed-down buttons around 1970. Manufactured in 18K and 14K yellow gold, steel and gold, stainless steel, with steel or black anti-reflect bezel. Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 440, 441, 489.