Lot 2 · Fine Watches
‘The Badger’ Daytona, Ref. 6239 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch | Circa 1964
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $34,279–$57,132
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Watches, London · 7 September 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5049567
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, ‘The Badger’ Daytona, Ref. 6239 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch | Circa 1964. Sotheby's, 7 Sep 2022, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5049567.
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Rolex, ‘The Badger’ Daytona, Ref. 6239 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch | Circa 1964. Sotheby's, 7 Sep 2022, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5049567.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex | Untitled | $50,400 | Phillips, Dec 2022 | |
| Rolex | Reference 218206 Day-Date II | A platinum automatic wristwat | Sotheby's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Rolex | Reference 228206 Day-Date | A platinum automatic wristwatch | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Rolex | a stainless steel automatic center seconds wristwatch with d | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Rolex | Reference 118206 Day Date | A platinum and diamond-set autom | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Rolex | a fine white gold and diamond-set automatic chronograph wris | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Rolex | ‘Daytona Cosmograph’ gold wristwatch, Ref. 116508 | Rago, Oct 2021 | ||
| Rolex | a rare platinum and diamond-set automatic centre seconds wri | Sotheby's, May 2016 |
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.