Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 280

Rolex, ?Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 6239. 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 steel bezel to 300 units per hour. D. Bi-colored black and silver with applied steel bâton indexes, outer tritium coated dots, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 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 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.