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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1964
    Reference No: 6238
    Movement No: 3623
    Case No: 1'000'264
    Model Name: Pre-Daytona
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Mechanical, 72B, 17 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex 2.65
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Rolex pouch.
    Literature: For another example of a reference 6238 'Pre-Daytona', please see I Chronographi Rolex La Leggenda by Pucci Papaleo, page 286 and 287.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Reference 6238, or the 'Pre-Daytona', is the immediate predecessor to the first Daytona, reference 6239. Produced from the early to mid-1960s, reference 6238 differs from later Daytonas due to the smooth bezel and tachymetre which is featured on the dial. While the 'Paul Newman' Daytona may be the most famous model within the Daytona family, reference 6238 has also enjoyed notoriety. The watch was most famously featured on James Bond's wrist in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The present watch is further distinguished by its overall original condition and very crisp case.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Ref. 6238
A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet

1964
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$160,000 - 240,000 

Sold for HK$225,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016