ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN
WHITE DIAL STEEL
Rolex, "Cosmograph Daytona," No. 1419133,
Ref. 6239. Made circa 1966.
Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless
steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph,
registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex
riveted bracelet.
Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-
down case back and winding crown, tachometer
graduation on the steel bezel to 300 units per
hour.
Bicolor off-white and black with applied steel
square indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary
dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute
registers, outer red 1/5th seconds track. Luminous
steel baton hands.
Cal. 722, 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.