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€ 40.000
Sold
€ 75.600
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Information
Stainless steel round case, n.1767492, black acrylic bezel, round pushers.
Argenté dial, black counters, "Cherry" Daytona logo, applied indexes.
Hand-winding movement, cal.722.
Stainless steel "Made in England" Oyster bracelet with riveted elastic links.
Size: 37 mm.
Accompanied by Rolex warranty stamped "Michael Lewis & Son", and Rolex vintage box.
Specialist Notes
Reference 6241 was introduced to the market in 1966, as an alternative model featuring an acrylic bezel to the metal bezel reference 6239; approximately 3000 specimens were produced during the short four-year production run. The present watch displays the rare "Cherry Logo" dial -referring to the light red "Daytona" inscription-, becoming the very first model to showcase this particular detail until the "Big Red" variants of the 6263 and 6265 (excluding of course Newman dials). The presence of its original warranty stamped by English retailer "Michael Lewis & Son", as well as the rarely seen before "Made in England" Oyster bracelet, add another layer of collectibility to the piece.A similar specimen, featuring the case serial number only 6 digits apart from this specific watch, but without the original set of accessories, has been sold in 2019 at Phillips "Game Changers" auction for more than USD 105,000.