Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 967

ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN BLACK DIAL STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona," No. 1874382, Ref. 6239/6238. Made circa 1968. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

HKD 435,000 - 610,000 / USD 52,000 - 73,000

Sold: CHF 87,500

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 300 units per hour. Bicolor off-white and black with applied black painted steel square indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer red 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grade:
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 02-01

HANDS Service hands

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.