Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 248
ROLEX REF 6239 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona" case No. 1695523, Ref. 6239. Made circa 1967. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.
USD 20,000 - 30,000
HKD 155,000 - 233,000 / CHF 19,000 - 29,000
Sold: USD 24,375
Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 300 units per hour, screwed-down case back and winding crown. Bicolor silver and black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.
