Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 20

?So-Called Pre-Daytona" Rolex, ?Oyster Chronograph, Antimagnetic?, Ref. 6238. Made in the early 1960s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and a stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet.

USD 33,000 - 38,000

EUR 25,000 - 28,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 72 A, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-22-01

Good

Later original

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6238. This reference, which collectors call the "Pre-Daytona", was produced in stainless steel and in 14K and 18K gold. It was published for the first time in the Rolex catalogue for the Italian Market in 1964 and remained there until 1968. Its production is estimated at 3,600 examples from 1962 to 1967. Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova 2001, pp. 434 to 438 and 487.