Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 177

Rolex, Cosmograph, so-called "Paul Newman", Ref. 6239, with steel bezel, 1970's. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. three body, massive, polished, satined, screwed case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. bicolour black and white with applied steel tritium-coated indexes '+ auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Baton" steel tritium-coated hands. M. 13 " ' rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.