Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 188

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex "Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 6262. Produced in the 1960s. 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 steel indexes and tritium-coated dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th second scale. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatng Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.