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Rolex. Beau chronographe bracelet en acier mouvement mécanique
Rolex. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Chronograph 'Pre-Daytona', Ref: 6238 , Circa 1964
2 February 2023, 10:00 CET
Paris, The Grand Palais ÉphémèreSold for €38,175 inc. premium
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Rolex. Beau chronographe bracelet en acier mouvement mécanique
Rolex. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch
Model: Chronograph 'Pre-Daytona'
Reference: 6238
Date: Circa 1964
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.722 manual wind
Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied polished baton hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with luminous dot 5 minute markers, black outer tachymetre scale, sunken engine turned subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, polished baton hands with luminous inserts, arrow tipped black centre chronograph hand
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, screw down crown flanked by twin pushers, No.1077786
Strap/Bracelet: Black leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped N2/78360
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 35mm
Model: Chronograph 'Pre-Daytona'
Reference: 6238
Date: Circa 1964
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.722 manual wind
Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied polished baton hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with luminous dot 5 minute markers, black outer tachymetre scale, sunken engine turned subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, polished baton hands with luminous inserts, arrow tipped black centre chronograph hand
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, screw down crown flanked by twin pushers, No.1077786
Strap/Bracelet: Black leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped N2/78360
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 35mm
Footnotes
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.