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The Paul Newman dial authentication checklist is consistent across all six PN host references (6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264, 6265): sub-dial cross-hairs, art-deco font, sub-dial numerals 15/30/45 rather than 20/40/60, square minute markers, Singer maker's stamp on the back. Five PN dial colour types appear across the manual-wind line: two tri-color types, panda, Oyster Sotto, and Lemon. Oyster Sotto and Lemon belong to the screw-pusher 6263 / 6265 era; the 6241's PN palette is the panda and tri-color set. The exotic dial was a roughly one-in-twenty option through 6239 and 6241 production, sold poorly when new, and only picked up the "Paul Newman" name in the 1980s when Italian dealers began linking the exotic-dial 6239s and 6241s to period photographs of Newman wearing one.
The Paul Newman checklist is the same here as everywhere else: block markers, cross-hairs, 15/30/45 sub-dial numerals, and the right Singer stamp. On the 6241 the important point is that the palette is panda and tri-color, not Oyster Sotto or Lemon.


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== Bracelets, end links, and clasps ==
== Bracelets, end links, and clasps ==


Two bracelet references span the 6241's production. The [[Reference:Bracelets#bracelet-7205|7205]] (Oyster rivet, 19mm) is the period-correct fitment for the bulk of the run, in steel for steel cases and in 14k yellow gold for the JPS, with photographic confirmation of the gold variant on dealer examples carrying the end-link "57" stamp. The [[Reference:Bracelets#bracelet-7835|7835]] (Oyster folded link, 19mm) succeeds the 7205 at the very tail of 1969 production and is more commonly associated with the post-1969 6262 / 6264 / 6263 / 6265 era; not all 6241s would have shipped on 7835 originally, and a late-1969 7835 fitment needs the inside-clasp date code to support it.
Two bracelets span the 6241 run: mainly 7205, then 7835 at the very end. A late 7835 can be right, but it needs the date logic to support it.


End links are the 271 family throughout, fitting both the 7205 rivet and the 7835 folded bracelet. A propagated "771" code in some aggregator end-link tables is an OCR error of "271"; period photographs only ever stamp 271. Yellow gold 6241 examples ship on the 14k yellow gold 7205, never on the 8385 President bracelet — the 8385 is a Day-Date / President fitment and does not appear on the 6241.
End links are the 271 family throughout, fitting both the 7205 rivet and the 7835 folded bracelet. A propagated "771" code in some aggregator end-link tables is an OCR error of "271"; period photographs only ever stamp 271. Yellow gold 6241 examples ship on the 14k yellow gold 7205, never on the 8385 President bracelet — the 8385 is a Day-Date / President fitment and does not appear on the 6241.
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