The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 367

Rolex, Cosmograph, Daytona, so-called Paul Newman, Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's.Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with leather strap and steel Rolex buckle.

C. three body, massive, polished and brushed, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour. D. bicolour black and white with tritium-coated applied steel indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.