Reference:6239: Difference between revisions

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== Where it sits in the line ==

The 6238 is the watch the 6239 replaces, though the overlap is wide enough that ~~Aurel Bacs treats~~ the two as siblings as much as predecessor and successor. The break is real on the 6239 because the tachymeter moves to the bezel and the Daytona name eventually follows.

The 6238 is the watch the 6239 replaces, though the overlap is wide enough that the two read as siblings as much as predecessor and successor. The break is real on the 6239 because the tachymeter moves to the bezel and the Daytona name eventually follows.

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=== Eric Clapton's 6239 ===

Clapton owned ~~the only known~~ yellow-gold 6239 with a pulsations dial, nicknamed the "Crazy Doc," and he still appears on stage wearing a steel exotic-dial 6239 on a Bund strap. That ownership sits alongside a rare white-dial 6263 in a ~~collection that has anchored several of the strongest Daytona results at~~ auction.

Clapton owned a yellow-gold 6239 with a pulsations dial that Phillips catalogued as "possibly unique," nicknamed the "Crazy Doc," and he still appears on stage wearing a steel exotic-dial 6239 on a Bund strap. That ownership sits alongside a rare white-dial 6263 — one of only four known examples, per Phillips — that set a Rolex auction record when it sold for CHF 1,325,000 in 2015.

Two names that trail the Daytona belong to other watches. Steve McQueen's documented Rolexes are a 5512 Submariner and a 1655 Explorer II; the "McQueen Daytona" is a market invention with no documented ownership behind it. Michael Schumacher's "Paul Newman" Daytona is genuine and belongs to ref 6262 — both men land under the 6239 only by conflation.

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 == Where it sits in the line ==
-The 6238 is the watch the 6239 replaces, though the overlap is wide enough that Aurel Bacs treats the two as siblings as much as predecessor and successor. The break is real on the 6239 because the tachymeter moves to the bezel and the Daytona name eventually follows.
+The 6238 is the watch the 6239 replaces, though the overlap is wide enough that the two read as siblings as much as predecessor and successor. The break is real on the 6239 because the tachymeter moves to the bezel and the Daytona name eventually follows.
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 === Eric Clapton's 6239 ===
-Clapton owned the only known yellow-gold 6239 with a pulsations dial, nicknamed the "Crazy Doc," and he still appears on stage wearing a steel exotic-dial 6239 on a Bund strap. That ownership sits alongside a rare white-dial 6263 in a collection that has anchored several of the strongest Daytona results at auction.
+Clapton owned a yellow-gold 6239 with a pulsations dial that Phillips catalogued as "possibly unique," nicknamed the "Crazy Doc," and he still appears on stage wearing a steel exotic-dial 6239 on a Bund strap. That ownership sits alongside a rare white-dial 6263 — one of only four known examples, per Phillips — that set a Rolex auction record when it sold for CHF 1,325,000 in 2015.
 Two names that trail the Daytona belong to other watches. Steve McQueen's documented Rolexes are a 5512 Submariner and a 1655 Explorer II; the "McQueen Daytona" is a market invention with no documented ownership behind it. Michael Schumacher's "Paul Newman" Daytona is genuine and belongs to ref 6262 — both men land under the 6239 only by conflation.