Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 222

ROLEX REF. 6238 PRE-DAYTONA STEEL Rolex, Geneve. Case No.1206562, Ref. 6238. Made in 1965. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, manual winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer with a stainless steel Rolex bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex pouch.

USD 18,000 - 24,000

HKD 140,000 - 190,000 / CHF 16,000 - 22,000

Sold: USD 21,875

Three-body, polished and brushed, curved lugs, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back and Oyster crown. Silvered with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds/minutes division. 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-9-17-01

Good

Scratched

Slightly spotted

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 160 mm.