ROLEX Daytona
« PAUL NEWMAN »
Ref. 6241
MODEL: Daytona
REFERENCE: 6241
YEAR: 1968 serial 1.76x.xxx
CASE DIMENSIONS: 37mm, thickness 13mm
CASE MATERIAL: stainless steel, original Rolex
DIAL: white « PAUL NEWMAN »
INDEX: applied hour markers with tritium
MOVEMENT: Valjoux 722-1, self-winding
BEZEL MATERIAL: MK1 acrylic bezel, original
BRACELET: stainless steel, 7835 19 B / 271
CLASP: stainless steel folding clasp, original oyster engraved 3 71
GLASS: Plexi
PAPERS: expertise from Carlo Pergola the author of the first reference book on « Rolex Daytona a legend is born »
Endangered species: a superb 6241 « Paul Newman »
Dial: simply a zero default immaculate creamy white exotic dial aka. « Paul Newman ». All luminous plots are in place and working (UV test makes them glow green and quickly vanish). Hands luminous are matching the index.
Case: nice case retaining its original proportions showing only minor if any polishing history. Caseback 6241 CRS (stands for Charles-Rodolphes Spiellmann, a friend of Rolex’s founder Hans Wilsdorf who was a case maker and the supplier of some Rolex parts).
Bracelet: a veeeeeeery long oyster bracelet (rare!) reference 7835 19 with 271 end links. Clasp is engraved 3 71 so it’s the right bracelet for the reference and period but this one is 3 years older.
Pushers: pump, original short pushers
Box & Papers: expertise from Carlo Pergola the author of the first reference book on «Rolex Daytona a legend is born»
