$36,000
Ref. 6238, Pre-Daytona Rolex, Chronograph, Ref. 6238. Made circa 1965, sold February 4th, 1967. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee (now void), hang tag and instruction manual. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished inclined bezel. 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. Cal. 72B, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes This watch was purchased new by the current consigner in 1967 in Dubai. He wore the watch for only a few months; then it was stored in a closet for 40 years. The watch remains in excellent condition (apart from a few very light scratches), with the original factory finish to the case and a remarkably preserved movement. This is the first time this watch has appeared at auction; it is undoubtedly the most complete and pristine example any collector has come across.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
