ROLEX - Lot 65

ROLEX Oyster Chronograph "Pre Daytona Art.-No. 6234 No. 223025 Circa 1956 Steel bracelet chronograph Case: round, smooth bezel, screw-down crown with signature, screw-down back, signed and numbered "6234". Dial: grey, internal tachometric scale, applied indexes with tritium dot, painted minute track, grey hands, central chronograph seconds, 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock, small seconds at 6 o'clock, applied logo, signed Movement: hand-wound mechanical, signed Rolex - Base Valjoux 72 Strap/Fastener: riveted steel Oyster bracelet with folding clasp signed Rolex for the US market, hallmarks Rolex USA and C-I, dated 7-70 Diameter: 37 mm Wrist circumference: approx. 18 cm With: service pouch, unsigned Indicative condition report: Sold as is, traces of wear from use, slight trace of polishing on the case, tachymeter scale slightly faded, slight stain on the 300 scale, beautiful patina of the luminescent dots And hands, bracelet not distended, multiple revision markings, movement and complications functional as described, plan to service, without warranty Long before it produced the legendary Daytona, Rolex offered several types of chronograph nicknamed "Pre Daytona". Reference 6234 is interesting because it sets the stage for the Daytona with an Oyster case, but above all with a three-counter dial, Valjoux 72 caliber and a layout with the second hand at 9 o'clock, which will remain so until reference 16520. This model is fitted with a bracelet produced in the USA, marked "ROLEX USA C-I" to circumvent taxes on products made in Switzerland and resold in the USA.