1967 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref.6240 Black w/'Large Daytona'

$85,000.00

S/N:

1.6MIL

CASE:

CASE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LIGHTLY POLISHED. LUGS REMAIN THICK AND EVEN WITH SHARP EDGES. ORIGINAL MK0 PUSHERS AND MK1 BEZEL.

DIAL:

DIAL IS IN MINT CONDITION. SEVERAL LUME PLOTS SHOW SOME MINIMAL LOSS. ORIGINAL EARLY STYLE ‘SKINNY’ SUBDIAL HANDS AND TRITIUM HANDSET MATCH PERFECTLY.

BRACELET:

ORIGINAL 7205/71 RIVET DATED 1967. BRACELET SHOWS LIGHT STRETCH.

ACCESSORIES:

NONE.

NOTES:

ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DAYTONA’S. THE 6240 WAS THE FIRST REFERENCE TO FEATURE ‘WATERPROOF’ SCREW DOWN PUSHERS. PRODUCED IN SMALL QUANTITIES, FINDING A SPECIMEN THAT HAS SURVIVED THE AGES WITH ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL EARLY STYLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THIS IS QUITE THE TASK.

S/N:

1.6MIL

CASE:

CASE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LIGHTLY POLISHED. LUGS REMAIN THICK AND EVEN WITH SHARP EDGES. ORIGINAL MK0 PUSHERS AND MK1 BEZEL.

DIAL:

DIAL IS IN MINT CONDITION. SEVERAL LUME PLOTS SHOW SOME MINIMAL LOSS. ORIGINAL EARLY STYLE ‘SKINNY’ SUBDIAL HANDS AND TRITIUM HANDSET MATCH PERFECTLY.

BRACELET:

ORIGINAL 7205/71 RIVET DATED 1967. BRACELET SHOWS LIGHT STRETCH.

ACCESSORIES:

NONE.

NOTES:

ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DAYTONA’S. THE 6240 WAS THE FIRST REFERENCE TO FEATURE ‘WATERPROOF’ SCREW DOWN PUSHERS. PRODUCED IN SMALL QUANTITIES, FINDING A SPECIMEN THAT HAS SURVIVED THE AGES WITH ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL EARLY STYLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THIS IS QUITE THE TASK.