Rolex Daytona 6234

Brand Rolex, Geneva Model “Oyster Chronograph” “Anti-magnetique”, so-called “pre-Daytona” Year circa 1961 Reference 6234 Calibre 72 A, 17 jewels Case No. 688 798 (by C.R. Spillmann S.A., Chêne-Bourg, near Geneva) Material/s yellow gold (18-carat) Bracelet yellow gold (18-carat) “Oyster” riveted bracelet (end-links 57) with deployant clasp Dimensions 43.2 x 36.4 mm. Ø 34.4 mm. (bezel) Thickness 13.3 mm. Length 185 mm. (approx.) Weight 104.7 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement According to Rolex experts, only 36 examples of the 18k gold ref 6234 were ever made. Yellow gold (18-carat), manual-winding, tonneau-shaped, anti-magnetic gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 9 and three horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two round push-pieces located on the case-band) with tachometric scale graduated for 1 000 metres in black colour and telemetric scale graduated for a kilometre in blue colour • Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) • 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock) Case: three-piece, polished and satin-finished, inclined bezel, water-resistant with screwed case-back, polished screwed “Oyster” winding-crown Dial: silver colour, with applied radial yellow gold indexes and luminescent dots; yellow gold luminescent skeleton “Alpha” hands. Movement: calibre 72 , 13’’’ (based on Valjoux 72 by Reymond Frères, Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux), 17 jewels. Other: bracelet engraved with the cypher “C.A.G.”