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82. Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel manual wind chron…
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82. Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel manual wind chron…
Estimate €25,000 - €35,000
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Description
82. Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch
Model: 'Pre-Daytona' Chronograph
Reference: 6238
Date: Circa 1966
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.72B manual wind, column wheel chronograph
Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied polished baton hour markers with luminous dots, black outer 1/5th second divisions, black outer tachymetre scale, subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for running seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, polished faceted baton hands with luminous inserts, black centre chronograph hand
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back and crown flanked by twin chronograph pushers, No.1152548
Strap/Bracelet: Brushed and polished steel American Jubilee bracelet
Buckle/Clasp: Signed steel folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 36mm
Introduced in the early 1960s and available until 1967, the Rolex chronograph reference 6238 is better known as the "pre-Daytona". It was the transition model between the earlier non-Oyster cased Rolex chronograph and the Daytona model. Although the 6238 was available in stainless steel, 14K and 18K gold, the watch is rarer seen in gold, as it only remained in the Rolex catalogue for a brief period of time.
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