Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 468

ROLEX REF. 6241 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN 14K YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona, No. 2084311, Ref. 6241. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, anti-reflect black bezel and a 14K yellow gold riveted Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp.

HKD 800,000 - 1,200,000

USD 103,000 - 155,000 / CHF 99,000 - 148,000

Sold: HKD 2,250,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color champagne and black with applied square yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold 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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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.