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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET
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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, CASE NO. 2526247, REF. 6262, CIRCA 1969

Closed15 June 2011

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ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, CASE NO. 2526247, REF. 6262, CIRCA 1969
Cal. 727 nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, black matte dial, cream chapter ring with luminescent baton numerals, luminescent hands, three cream engine-turned subsidiary dials for 30 minute and 12 hour registers, constant seconds, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, bezel calibrated for 200 units per hour, screw-down crown, screw back, case, dial and movement signed, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and deployant clasp
36mm diam.

Specialist note

Rolex introduced the reference 6262 in the late 1960s with the updated caliber 727. It was one of the last chronograph references to be produced with push down buttons. It was available in stainless steel, 14k and 18k gold as well with the standard dial or a Paul Newman verison like the present example.

Reference 6262 is illustrated and described in Rolex Daytona - a legend is born by Carlo Pergola, Stefano Mazzariol, Giovanni Dosso, pp. 110-130.