Rolex Daytona 6239

Model: ,
Year of issue: 1966
Reference number: 6239
Condition: mint
Status: sold
Dealer country: Spain
Dealer name: Ancienne Vintage Gallery
Price in EUR € n/a

Description

Early production 6239 with small daytona logo dial and bezel calibrated to 300 units. Dial is in very good and original condition showing its original lume either on indexes and hands. Oyster Rivet bracelet 7205 with 71 end links and clasp stamped 1.66 matching the production year. Watch is in overall very good and totally original condition.

Dealer

Ancienne Vintage Gallery

DAYTONA BEACH 1960

Birth of a Horological Icon Timepiece  The myth around the iconic Rolex Daytona has spread around the world recent years. Always has the Daytona model been attached to motor racing, at first Rolex called their new Cosmograph the “Le Mans” and little later to “Daytona” when Rolex started to sponsor the well known U.S. speedway.
Cosmograph: a name that was to be the forerunner of great fortune. Actually, the choice of the name proved to be neither easy nor expected. Whilst Rolex on the one hand flirted with the car-racing world, on the other hand it could not remain unaware of the vast media attention, which at that time was surrounding the conquest of outer space.