I recently picked up a couple of grails! Here's the first. Can anyone guess which model? This is the first teaser... It has an early 1.4m serial number that actually makes it a little older than 50 years old, but it has Daytona on the dial! More photos to...
I'll shoot more pictures when I take possession of the watch later this month. BTW, I appreciate your older reference posts on the vintage daytonas. they are excellent! -Bobby
The first Cosmograph Daytona was reference 6238 and is sometimes referred to as the pre-Daytona Cosmograph. Rolex retrofitted some of these references with a Daytona dial and bezel (mine has a 1.4m serial). Apparently it was not unusual for these early mo...
Thanks to a fellow forum member for suggesting a visit to a well known Vintage rolex dealer. I've photoshopped out the actual s/n in the pics. Ive been hunting for a few years for this particular model, but I wanted full documentation. It is obviously ver...
The original owner is from Buenos Aries and had the watch serviced at a Rolex service center in Argentina in 1985. It's a nice piece of provenance as it has the matching serial number model Number and payment details of the original transaction imprinted ...
...very interesting. Nice to know that watch resided here, in my own country, originally. It is always fantastic to find a nice watch together with all the backing papers. Enjoy your beautiful watch my friend! Cordial regards, Abel.
... Remember I once said myself I never would buy one? Its just a case of crossing your path with one at the correct price may be. It is a Rolex icon, after all. Te envio mi afectuoso abrazo! Abel.
And because I also have some other Rolex Priorities to achieve, but yesn you are right, if I fall on a nice one correctly priced, or an authentic FAP, well... Who knows what can happen??? ;) Un abrazo, Amigo! Nicolas