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Ultra-rare Rolex Daytona 6240 cream dial (and ultra-cool)
spotted on the website of a famous US dealer....a 6240 cream dial....Wow !
Saw it last night!
Fantastic watch - at a price! Would not be out of place at the upcoming Daytona auction in Geneva.
It is always amazing to see the quality of watches that guy has available!
Rare?
I also saw the watch but didn't realise this dial variation is so rare.
So most dials are silver rather than white / creme? I never noticed that
but then again Daytona is not my line of Rolex I focus on. Perhaps time to change!
Thank you for starting this post!
yes very rare ..
these dials have also some peculiar features :
1) particular finish : flat ( while black dials for cosmographs have a rough finish) and matt ( no glossy coat above ) .
2) double " T-SWISS-T " at 6 or just " SWISS " with one or two ( ! ) underlines , or even with a double " SWISS " and/or without the damned underline.
3) the main colour of the dial can be either cream or clear white .
you find them on early 6239 ( roughly in the 900.000-1.000.000 range so from the middle up to the end of 1963 )
this AFAIK is the very first one with the word " DAYTONA " ( small size ) on.
here you have some other examples of this dial :
1) particular finish : flat ( while black dials for cosmographs have a rough finish) and matt ( no glossy coat above ) .
2) double " T-SWISS-T " at 6 or just " SWISS " with one or two ( ! ) underlines , or even with a double " SWISS " and/or without the damned underline.
3) the main colour of the dial can be either cream or clear white .
you find them on early 6239 ( roughly in the 900.000-1.000.000 range so from the middle up to the end of 1963 )
this AFAIK is the very first one with the word " DAYTONA " ( small size ) on.
here you have some other examples of this dial :
thank you
for the explanation. Thats the value of purist pro. You learn from
experts everyday. I appreciate your time to post that. Best Edmond