Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 'Paul Newman' Ref. 6239
- Maker
- Rolex
- Year
- 1963-1969
- Rank
- 1 of 100
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 'Paul Newman' Ref. 6239
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 'Paul Newman' Ref. 6239 by Rolex (1963-1969) is ranked 1 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It carried a market asking price of $250,000 in June 2026, which is not a sale. The watch that created the entire vintage-chronograph market and the single most iconic Rolex reference for collectors.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The watch that created the entire vintage-chronograph market and the single most iconic Rolex reference for collectors.
Ref. 6239 (exotic 'Paul Newman' dial)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $250,000
- Kind
- Market asking price, not a sale
- Date
- June 2026
Condition-representative steel 6239 Paul Newman trades roughly $200K-$300K; standard examples $150K-$500K+ per Chrono24/Bob's Watches market data. Paul Newman's own 6239 ($17.75M, Phillips 2017) is listed separately as rank 96.
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08