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Production ran from 1965 to 1969 across the 1.1-million to 2.0-million serial range, in parallel with the pump-pusher 6239 and (from 1966) the 6241. Total production is undocumented in any Rolex source. The most often-cited working figure sits around 2,000 examples, which puts the 6240 at roughly one-tenth the volume of the 6239 across the same window. ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' and Pucci Papaleo's ''Ultimate Rolex Daytona'' are the two book-length references most likely to carry tighter figures; the 2,000-piece estimate should be read as a working number, not a settled one.

The reference covers two broad production phases~~. The earliest examples in the 1.1M to 1.3M serial band carry the Mk0 "Millerighe" pushers~~: vertically grooved, finer in surface texture than the cleaner cylindrical pushers Rolex moved to almost immediately after launch. The Italian term ''millerighe'' translates as "thousand lines" and refers to the very fine knurling on the pusher tube. These pushers appear only in the earliest ~~6240 batch and are the single clearest production marker for a first~~-batch ~~watch. From 1966 through 1969~~, the standard cylindrical ~~screw~~-~~down~~ pusher ~~takes over and runs~~ to the end of the ~~reference~~.

The reference covers two broad production phases: the earliest Millerighe-pusher batch, then the standard cylindrical-pusher run that carries the watch to the end. That is the cleanest production split.

Paul Newman exotic dials begin appearing on Daytona production around the 1.5-million serial range, fitted across the 6239, 6240, and 6241 cases at roughly one in twenty examples per period sources. The Neanderthal lot at the 2018 Phillips Daytona Ultimatum sale (case 1439122) sits in this band and forms the basis of the attribution dispute treated in Special branches below.

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The 6240 carries a small but important dial group. ~~Most production wore the standard "~~Oyster Cosmograph~~" three-line dial, either black with white sub-dials (panda) or white with black sub-~~dials ~~(reverse panda)~~, ~~with the "Oyster" line above "Cosmograph" giving the reference its name. A smaller share carried~~ Paul Newman ~~exotic~~ dials ~~with art-deco sub-dial numerals, square-tipped chronograph hashes~~, and ~~a contrasting outer minute track painted in~~ the ~~colour of the sub-dials. The~~ Solo dial, a ~~Rolex-only configuration with no "Cosmograph" line and no other text, exists in~~ very small ~~numbers and is documented mostly through~~ Italian ~~collector channels~~.

The 6240 carries a small but important dial group. Standard Oyster Cosmograph dials dominate, Paul Newman dials are much scarcer, and the Solo dial stays a very small Italian-channel oddity.

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 Production ran from 1965 to 1969 across the 1.1-million to 2.0-million serial range, in parallel with the pump-pusher 6239 and (from 1966) the 6241. Total production is undocumented in any Rolex source. The most often-cited working figure sits around 2,000 examples, which puts the 6240 at roughly one-tenth the volume of the 6239 across the same window. ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' and Pucci Papaleo's ''Ultimate Rolex Daytona'' are the two book-length references most likely to carry tighter figures; the 2,000-piece estimate should be read as a working number, not a settled one.
-The reference covers two broad production phases. The earliest examples in the 1.1M to 1.3M serial band carry the Mk0 "Millerighe" pushers: vertically grooved, finer in surface texture than the cleaner cylindrical pushers Rolex moved to almost immediately after launch. The Italian term ''millerighe'' translates as "thousand lines" and refers to the very fine knurling on the pusher tube. These pushers appear only in the earliest 6240 batch and are the single clearest production marker for a first-batch watch. From 1966 through 1969, the standard cylindrical screw-down pusher takes over and runs to the end of the reference.
+The reference covers two broad production phases: the earliest Millerighe-pusher batch, then the standard cylindrical-pusher run that carries the watch to the end. That is the cleanest production split.
 Paul Newman exotic dials begin appearing on Daytona production around the 1.5-million serial range, fitted across the 6239, 6240, and 6241 cases at roughly one in twenty examples per period sources. The Neanderthal lot at the 2018 Phillips Daytona Ultimatum sale (case 1439122) sits in this band and forms the basis of the attribution dispute treated in Special branches below.
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-The 6240 carries a small but important dial group. Most production wore the standard "Oyster Cosmograph" three-line dial, either black with white sub-dials (panda) or white with black sub-dials (reverse panda), with the "Oyster" line above "Cosmograph" giving the reference its name. A smaller share carried Paul Newman exotic dials with art-deco sub-dial numerals, square-tipped chronograph hashes, and a contrasting outer minute track painted in the colour of the sub-dials. The Solo dial, a Rolex-only configuration with no "Cosmograph" line and no other text, exists in very small numbers and is documented mostly through Italian collector channels.
+The 6240 carries a small but important dial group. Standard Oyster Cosmograph dials dominate, Paul Newman dials are much scarcer, and the Solo dial stays a very small Italian-channel oddity.
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