Lot 638 · Important Watches: Part II
'Pre-Daytona', Ref. 6234 Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Circa 1961
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- Estimate
- CHF 30,000–CHF 60,000 hammer ≈ $32,554–$65,107
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part II, Geneva · 11 November 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4976719
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, 'Pre-Daytona', Ref. 6234 Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Circa 1961. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2021, lot 638. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4976719.
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Rolex, 'Pre-Daytona', Ref. 6234 Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Circa 1961. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2021, lot 638. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4976719.
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.