Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 260

Rolex Ref. 6238, Pre-Daytona Rolex, ?Chronograph?, case No. 1226480, Ref. 6238. Made circa 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted expanding bracelet.

HKD 150,000 - 230,000

USD 20,000 - 30,000 / EUR 15,000 - 23,000

Sold: HKD 293,750

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. D. Satine silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 6238 Is called the ?Pre-Daytona? by collectors; it was first published in the 1964 Rolex catalogue. This reference was available in stainless steel, and 14K and 18K gold, until it was removed from the Rolex catalogue in 1968. Similar watches are published in ?Rolex Daytona: a Legend is Born?, Best Edition 2006, by Pergola, Mazzariol, Dosso, pp. 6 - 42.