ROLEX REF. 6239 PAUL NEWMAN BLACK DIAL STEEL
Rolex, "Oyster Cosmograph Daytona," No. 1627015, Ref. 6239.
Made circa 1964.
Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, stainless steel
wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers,
tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.
Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back
and winding crown, tachometer graduation on the black bezel
to 300 units per hour.
Bicolor off-white and black with applied black painted 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.