Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 78

So- called ?Pre-Daytona? Rolex, Oyster Chronograph, Ref. 6238. Made circa 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. D. Black with applied steel bâton indexes and tritium coated dots, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 722 B, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.