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|title=Rolex Pre-Daytona Chronographs — 1920s–1968 Guide | Rolexopedia | |title=Rolex Pre-Daytona Chronographs — 1920s–1968 Guide | Rolexopedia | ||
|description=Rolex hand-wound chronographs from the early monopushers through the Antimagnetique and Oyster models to the 6238 and 6239. | |description=Rolex hand-wound chronographs from the early monopushers through the Antimagnetique and Oyster models to the 6238 and 6239. | ||
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|image=Pre-daytona chronographs vintage poster.webp | |image=Pre-daytona chronographs vintage poster.webp | ||
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This guide follows Rolex hand-wound | This guide follows Rolex hand-wound chronographs, from early pocket and wrist monopushers through non-Oyster and Oyster wrist models to the later tonneau and round Oyster chronographs. The 6238 sits near the Cosmograph 6239 in case size, pump pushers, dial tachymeter and Valjoux 72 movement family. Collectors call it the Pre-Daytona; its production overlaps the 6239. | ||
== Early single-button chronographs ( | == Early single-button chronographs (catalogue dates c.1920–c.1950) == | ||
The 2021 is a large, hinged-case monopusher documented in gold and steel. Auction catalogues date individual examples from the 1920s into the 1930s, and disagree on movement size and the date of the same case. [[Reference:2021|See the reference file for the examples and source records.]] | The 2021 is a large, hinged-case monopusher documented in gold and steel. Auction catalogues date individual examples from the 1920s into the 1930s, and disagree on movement size and the date of the same case. [[Reference:2021|See the reference file for the examples and source records.]] | ||
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| [[Reference:2303|2303]] || c.1926–c.1936 dated examples; endpoints unconfirmed || 26–30mm round or tonneau, snap-back; steel and gold || Manual lever, 17 jewels in cited examples; caliber not confirmed || Two registers; crown pusher on several examples, case-band pusher on one | | [[Reference:2303|2303]] || c.1926–c.1936 dated examples; endpoints unconfirmed || 26–30mm round or tonneau, snap-back; steel and gold || Manual lever, 17 jewels in cited examples; caliber not confirmed || Two registers; crown pusher on several examples, case-band pusher on one | ||
| [[Reference:3068|3068]] || Individual catalogue dates c.1935–c.1950; production span unconfirmed || 48–49.5mm, open-face gold pocket-watch cases || Manual lever; 16.5 lignes and 17 jewels at Sotheby’s, 17 lignes at Antiquorum; caliber unidentified || Single crown-operated button; pale, black and two-tone rose-sector dials documented | |||
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