100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 287

Rolex Cosmograph 'Daytona', Ref. 6241, with black bezel. Produced from 1961 to 1976.Very fine, tonneau shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round buttonchronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200units per hour. D. bicolor black and guilloché gold with tritium-coated applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for theseconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. 'Bâton' tritium-coated gold hands. M. 13''' rhodium plated, 17jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.