Posts Tagged ‘Pre-Daytona’
Black Galvanic Dial 6238 Rolex ‘Pre-Daytona’ Chronograph
This is a Pre-Daytona, but it’s way more interesting than it appears at first glance. This is the Pre-Daytona equivalent of a perfect Paul Newman: finding any 6238 with a black dial. For standard dials, the 6238 might hold the Rolex record for having the largest discrepancy between dial colors. The vast, vast majority of…
Read More4537 Rolex Chronograph
Meet the Daytona’s rather handsome grandfather. Before the Daytona were series of chronograph references called Pre-Daytona: 6032, 6034, 6232, 6234, and 6238. Before the Pre-Daytona things get really complicated. This is from just before the 6032, the very end of Pre-Pre-Daytona. Did that make any sense? What you’re looking at is a ref. 4537, the…
Read MoreBlack Dial 6238 Rolex ‘Pre-Daytona’ Chronograph
This is a Pre-Daytona, but it’s way more interesting than it appears at first glance. This is the Pre-Daytona equivalent of a perfect Paul Newman: finding any 6238 with a black dial. For standard dials, the 6238 might hold the Rolex record for having the largest discrepancy between dial colors. The vast, vast majority of…
Read More6238 Rolex Pre-Daytona Chronograph in 14k Yellow Gold
If everything Cosmograph is what gets you turned on, and you happen to be an American, I’m sorry for what I’m about to do. Nothing else come close to this 6238. With dial marked simply as ‘Rolex Chronograph’, as opposed to a movie credit scroll of modernity, a smooth, scale-less bezel, and in 14k yellow…
Read MoreRolex 6234 Antimagnetic Pre-Daytona Chronograph
This is not the type of watch you come across every day. It’s not even the type of watch you come across every year. The 6234 is a marker of a very crucial period in Rolex history, really the genesis of what became the Daytona. This simple chronograph didn’t gain much traction until the 6238…
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