1966 Rolex Daytona 6239 Panda Dial Chronograph
An early example of an icon.
$OLD
CONDITION NOTES
CASE: Lightly polished in the past but sharp with very thick lugs and maintains original shape. Correct early “300 units” bezel.
DIAL: Beautiful original early dial with tropical patina turning an originally silver dial to a creamy champagne color most likely from the sun. The subdials have also slightly faded to a more charcoal tone from black. Just a couple slight marks and partially missing lume plots, but overall a very nice dial especially for its age. Notice these early Daytona dials don’t say DAYTONA yet and are correct for any example up to 1.5M serial number.
HANDS: Orignal hands with lume matching the dial.
MOVEMENT: Recently serviced by my watchmaker and running superbly.
WATCH SPECS
Maker: Rolex
Model: Daytona
Reference: 6239
Year: 1966
Material: Stainless steel
Dimensions: 36mm diameter; 14mm thickness
Crystal: Plexiglass
Lume: Tritium
Caliber: Rolex signed Valjoux, manually-wound, caliber 722
Bracelet/Strap: Rolex, stainless steel, Oyster rivet bracelet ref. 7205 with original and rare 71 end links (Approximate max wrist size 7.75in / 197mm) + two tone leather strap from Molequin
Lug Width: 19mm
Box/Papers: No
