Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 511

ROLEX REF. 6241 ? 14K GOLD DAYTONA ?PAUL NEWMAN? Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, No. 2112911, Ref. 6241. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and anti-reflect black bezel. Accompanied by the original warranty (now void) and original fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color champagne and black with applied square yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. 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. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm.