240,000 HKD
Ref. 6239/6263, Stainless Steel Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona", case No. 1463418, Ref. 6239/6263. Made in 1966. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with steel bezel, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 300 units per hour. Bi-colored, satiné silver and black with steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 72 B, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm. Notes Ref. 6239. Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul Newman", came on the market around 1970. They were produced in 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold, and stainless steel. A similar watch is published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439, 442, 444, 445, 446, 487, 488, 489.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
