Important Watches, Collectors’ Wristw...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 116

Rolex Cosmograph, Ref. 6239. Produced in the 1960s. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, steel bezel and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000 / USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bicolored black and satiné silver with applied steel indexes and tritium dots, subsidiary "guilloché" seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials. Tritium-coated steel "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Height 14 mm.Approx. overall length 180 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Similar watches are published in "Collecting Rolex Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439-442-445-446. Ref. 6239. Manufactured from 1961 to 1976