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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 189

Rolex, Cosmograph, Daytona, so-called Paul Newman, Ref. 6239, with gold bezel, 1970?s.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

CHF 40,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 46,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolor black and matte gold with applied gold tritium-coated 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 to3 positions, antishock system, 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: 3 - 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, as follows: 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold or stainless steel with gold, steel or black enamelled bezel.ßSimilar watches are published in Collezionare Orologi da Polso Rolex, New Edition, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, pp. 345, 346, 347, 381, 382 and 383.