Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 26

So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6239 with steel bezel. Produced in the 1960s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-colored black and matte silver with applied steel indexes and tritium-coated dots, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds,12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands.M. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.