Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 222

ROLEX REF. 6241 PAUL NEWMAN TROPICAL COUNTERS AND OUTER TRACK Rolex, "Cosmograph, Daytona," case No. 1766136, Ref. 6241. Made in 1968. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with anti-reflective black tachometer bezel, round button chronograph and registers

CHF 110,000 - 160,000

HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000 / USD 115,000 - 170,000

Sold: CHF 153,750

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor ivory and black with square steel indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds division in red. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three 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: 3-6-17-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly spotted

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Loved by collectors due to its resemblance to the 6263 featuring the black bezel that enhances its overall size but still maintaining the colors of the original 6239 PAUL NEWMAN dial, this particular example has its outer track as well as the chronograph counters that have turned to a lovely shade of brown, sure to appeal to the collectors of TROPICAL dials.