Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 223

ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN BLACK DIAL STEEL Rolex, "Cosmograph Daytona," No. 1695116, Ref. 6239. Made circa 1967. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round- button chronograph, registers, tachometer

CHF 75,000 - 95,000

HKD 600,000 - 760,000 / USD 78,000 - 98,000

Sold: CHF 99,750

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 200 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: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-8-10-01

Very good

Slightly scratched

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Property of the Original Family Consigned by the son of the original buyer, this classic example of a REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN has been very well maintained with a beautiful black dial with all luminous dots still present.