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Rolex. A fine and rare 14K gold manual wind chronograph wristwatch Cosmograph Daytona, Ref: 6241, Circa 1968 image 1
Rolex. A fine and rare 14K gold manual wind chronograph wristwatch Cosmograph Daytona, Ref: 6241, Circa 1968 image 2
Rolex. A fine and rare 14K gold manual wind chronograph wristwatch Cosmograph Daytona, Ref: 6241, Circa 1968 image 3
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Rolex. A fine and rare 14K gold manual wind chronograph wristwatch
Cosmograph Daytona, Ref: 6241, Circa 1968

15 December 2021, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £162,750 inc. premium

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Rolex. A fine and rare 14K gold manual wind chronograph wristwatch

Model: Cosmograph Daytona
Reference: 6241
Date: Circa 1968
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.722 manual wind, freesprung Glucydor Microstella balance
Dial: Black, applied gilt baton hour markers, gilt outer 1/5th second divisions with luminous dot 5 minute markers, sunken engine turned champagne subsidiary dials at 3, 6, and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, gilt tapering baton hands with luminous inserts, arrow tipped chronograph hand
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, screw down crown flanked by later twin screw down pushers, fixed bezel with black calibrated insert, No.2112990
Strap/Bracelet: Tan brown faux leather
Buckle/Clasp: Associated steel buckle
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 37mm

Footnotes

The Rolex 6241 was made in very few examples making it one of the rarer Daytonas. Most were made in steel, being a rugged sports watch, but a few like this example were made in gold and some of those, predominantly for tax reasons, were made in 14K gold. This watch is made rarer still by the use of a black dial with gold subsidiaries which has the distinctive, printed in gold, spaced out Daytona. The movement is engraved ROW which was a designation given to the movements destined for the US market and is in line with it being 14K gold.

The current lot is being offered by the family of a private and distinguished collector who had the normal plunge pushers changed for screw down pushers at some point to make it more water resistant adding to the charm of a well-loved timepiece.

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