$93,750
ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN BLACK DIAL STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph," No. 1782140, Ref. 6239. Made in 1964. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet (Ref. 78350). Accompanied by a fitted box and a service estimate document from Rolex Watch U.S.A, Inc. dated November 8, 2013. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor off-white and black with applied black painted steel square indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary white dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer red 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Notes DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-12-11
