ROLEX - Lot 322

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 Condition report given as an indication: at time of writing, traces of wear from use, slight trace of polishing on case, tachymeter scale slightly faded, slight stain on 300 scale, beautiful patina of luminescent dots and hands, wear on bracelet and restoration of dial, multiple revision markings, movement and complications functional at time of writing, foresee revision from use, 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.