$27,500
ROLEX REF. 6238 PRE-DAYTONA Rolex, Geneve. Case No. 1226423, Ref. 6238. Made in 1963. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back and Oyster crown. Sunburst 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 to 1000 UPH. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 722, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-04-09
