Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 418

ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN RETAILED BY TIFFANY Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, retailed by Tiffany, case No. 2011295, Ref. 6239. Made in 1969. Fine and extremely rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

HKD 1,610,000 - 2,410,000 / USD 207,000 - 311,000

Sold: CHF 231,750

Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor off-white and black with applied square steel indexes and luminous dots, outer red 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722-1, 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: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Antiquorum is proud to present another exceptional example unseen to the market. Indeed for collectors it doesn't get much more iconic than this example, a Paul Newman 6239 in steel with the very desirable Tiffany & Co signature on the dial. Only two other example have surfaced at auction in the past 15 years ( See November Geneva 2013, lot 581 for the last example sold) and bears the exact same location of the signature on the dial and interestingly the exact same location of the dot after the & Co at almost half the HEIGHT of the signature. All luminous dots are present in a very pleasing light beige patina perfectly matching with the hands. Also the retailer's signature completes perfectly the gap in the dial by filling out that space giving it a more even and harmonious layout. The prefect dream Paul Newman for any serious Daytona collector.