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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 392

So-called "Paul Newman". Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6240, with steel bezel. Produced from 1965 to 1969. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

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

Sold: CHF 47,150

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour.D. Matte silver and black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, "guilloché" subsidiary sunk seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers dials. Tritium-coated "Bâton" steel hands.M. Cal. 722, 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. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 5
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3- 01

Good

Notes

Ref. 6240 This reference was produced in stainless steel only from 1965 to 1969, in very few examples. It was published in the Rolex cata-logues for the Italian market in 1966. A similar watch is published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, p. 447.