Rolex Chronograph "Pre-Daytona" 6238 Black Knight grey a reference 7206 fitted with

a reference 7206 fitted with the correct 58 endlinks with a clasp stamped ‘3 69’

The hands are equally beautiful – this really is a very special watch

The blue soleil dial has applied hour markers and a railroad track with small Roman numeral hours

The watch has a dive bezel and complementing Mercedes diver’style hands

Collecting vintage Rolex is so much more than just Subs and Daytonas (of course

Rolex Chronograph "Pre-Daytona" 6238 Black Knight grey a reference 7206 fitted withReference 6238, produced between 1962 and 1968, is often referred to as the Pre Daytona. It served as the transitional model that bridged Rolexs earlier chronographssuch as references 6034 and 6234with what would soon become the Daytona line, officially introduced with reference 6239 in 1963. All in all, only around 2,000 to 2,500 examples of the 6238 were produced in both steel and gold over that six year span. The 6238 features one of the rarest