First of all, biggest thanks to all of you for your kind words.

Dec 29, 2018,02:39 AM
 

To answer some questions, here are some more information and thoughts on the watch.

I have made the trade with a very good collector friend of mine. He has got my beloved Tudor Submariner 7928 which is one the very few pieces with square crown guards. So we traded one super special and rare piece against the other. Both watches are in the same very good overall condition and so we both are happy. The trade is final and not only temporary.

The dial on this 6238 is really special and I haven’t seen another one like this so far. It is not only missing the anti-magnetic writing, but also the „Oyster“ underneath the crown. All this plus the lack of a tacky-scale and the big sized sub-dials is giving the clean look to the dial which I really love. As the cream on the cake the dial has got a blueish hue to it which can’t be catched by a camera very well.

I assume this dial is one of the very last dial versions - if not THE last dial version- of the old style dials before the change to the silver/ black dials with baton hands and markers.

The serial of the watch is 964xxx which is dating it to 1963 and is accidentally making it a birth-year-watch for me, lol. The caliber 72B is marked with ROW which implies that the watch had been exported to the US or the Americas.














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I rarely post in this forum but today I’ve got something pretty special.

 
 By: cayenne1200 : December 28th, 2018-14:08
I’ve met a collector friend for a quick lunch today and we decided to trade off a watch. I’ve got this pretty 6238 from 1963. It has got a lovely and super rare dial with a hue of blue and underline and without the „anti-magnetic“ line. Very clear and coo...  

Wow. Super cool super rare watch.

 
 By: Miles_151 : December 28th, 2018-14:11
Not sure I’ve seen this dial before. Great watch. Enjoy. Miles.

What did you give him in exchange? And is it temporary, or permanent?

 
 By: cazalea : December 28th, 2018-14:47
I have often wanted to do a trade like this, but it's always when I am at a dealer's ... and there's lots of money involved. Cheers, Cazalea

Great catch. Looks really amazing.

 
 By: Pretty Boy : December 28th, 2018-14:48
Best, Volker

That Rolex looks superb 👍 [nt]

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : December 28th, 2018-15:45

What a warm and cool patina 😎, superb catch 👍👌

 
 By: Mike H : December 28th, 2018-17:30
You might not post too often but when you do it is worth looking 😉. Big congrats on that superb piece, it has an incredible charm. Bravo 👏👏👏

Additional info as I could not edit previous post

 
 By: Mike H : December 28th, 2018-18:07
The only similar 6238 dial that I know is also from 1963, has the same blue sweep and subdial hands, has developed a similar warm patina for the lume dots but has the antimagnetic marking and most important no underline (the killing detail that makes the ...  

I know the watch you've mentioned too, however I have never seen such a 6238 with underline dial. I think it's a very early 6238 still with the old indexes, with which past references like

 
 By: Freccero : December 29th, 2018-02:32
6034 or 6234 were equipped. The year 1963 makes perfect sense since the vast majority of underline dials belongs to that year (also GMT 1675s). You have an hardly ever seen and beautiful 6238, don't let it go!

Just beautiful!

 
 By: JLCman : December 29th, 2018-01:11
Thanks for sharing this ultra rare piece with us. So cool 👍🏻

First of all, biggest thanks to all of you for your kind words.

 
 By: cayenne1200 : December 29th, 2018-02:39
To answer some questions, here are some more information and thoughts on the watch. I have made the trade with a very good collector friend of mine. He has got my beloved Tudor Submariner 7928 which is one the very few pieces with square crown guards. So ...  

What a beautiful example there

 
 By: i_am_Sam : December 30th, 2018-02:53
Good to see you here F ! Sam

Elegant and beaytiful [nt]

 
 By: aperna : December 31st, 2018-13:36