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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET
Lot 2441 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE COLLECTOR

ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1’192’374, CIRCA 1965

Closed29 May 2017

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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1’192’374, CIRCA 1965
MOVEMENT: Manual, Cal. 72 B, 17 jewels
DIAL: Silvered brushed, applied baton numerals, luminous accents, three engine-turned black subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers
CASE: Stainless steel, bezel with tachymeter scale graduate to 200 UPH, screw down back stamped 6239 and CRS inside, screw down crown, pump pushers, 36.5 mm. diam.
BRACELET/CLASP: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster folded link bracelet stamped 7835, deployant clasp, end links stamped 357, overall length approximately 175 mm.

Specialist note

The reference 6239, introduced in 1963, was the first Rolex chronograph to carry the legendary Daytona name, but while the name is now embedded in the mind of all serious watch enthusiasts, it did not appear on all early models.

A fine example is the piece offered here. With its beautifully clean panda dial devoid of heavy servicing marks, attractively and evenly aged lume, longer hour hand and thin continuous second hand of the early series watches, the dial takes on an even more stark nature with its simple printing of only Rolex and Cosmograph.