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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 391

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239, with anti-reflect black bezel. Produced in the 1970s. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with an 18K gold polished and brushed yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour.D. Bicolor black and beige with tritium-coated applied indexes, "guilloché" auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands.M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.