56,350 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6262, with steel bezel. Made in 1970. Very fine and rare water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Bi-color matte black and silver with black and tritium indexes, guilloche silvered auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. Notes Ref. 6262-6263. Produced in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold, the first examples of this Ref. were commercialized in 1970, and appeared in the catalogues from 1971 to 1987. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 446 to 457, 489 and 490.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16
