Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 01, 1999

LOT 195

Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6241, with black bezel, 1970's.Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with with 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

USD 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: USD 29,900

C. three body, massive, polished and brushed, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor black and "guilloch6" silver with tritium-coated applied indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands. M. 13 '" 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

Ref. 6239-6241Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, so-called "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970.Similar watches are published in "Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex", 1998 Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Monfani Editore Genova, pp. 345, 346, 347, 381,382 and 383.