{"id":9104,"date":"2024-07-30T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9104"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:16:27","slug":"rolex-chronograph-6238-pre-daytona-argente-dial-unpolished","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/product\/rolex-chronograph-6238-pre-daytona-argente-dial-unpolished\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolex Chronograph 6238 Pre-Daytona \u2013 Silver Dial \u2013 Unpolished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"headline title\" data-v-f39419d2=\"\">Rolex Chronograph 6238 Pre-Daytona \u2013 Silver Dial \u2013 Unpolished<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"vue-message-center\" class=\"close-message-center message-center d-flex flex-column\">\n<div class=\"mesage-center-content d-flex flex-grow-1\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference 6238 is the bridge between traditional Rolex chronographs and later modern Rolex chronographs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduced in the early 1960s, preceding the first Daytona by a few years, it was produced until 1967 when it completely gave way in the catalogue to the various versions of the Daytona: for this very reason the reference is known in the world of collectors with the nickname \u201cPre-Daytona\u201d to underline its role as predecessor of the famous model. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 6238 is the last chronograph produced by Rolex to have a smooth bezel and a graduated scale printed on the dial, speaking of the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clock face<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reference 6238 will also be the last to feature monochromatic dials (Rolex experimented with contrasting counters with this reference, with the very rare \u201cPanda\u201d version).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This splendid specimen of <strong>Pre-Daytona Rolex<\/strong> reference <strong>6238<\/strong> has the following characteristics:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Riveted stainless steel Oyster case and bracelet<\/p>\n<p>Silver dial<\/p>\n<p>Unpolished<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RX553<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9105,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9104","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-archivio-storico","7":"pa_case-material-stainless-steel","8":"pa_case-size-37mm","9":"pa_glass-plexiglass","10":"pa_model-pre-daytona-chronograph","11":"pa_movement-mechanical-manual-winding","12":"pa_reference-286","13":"pa_strap-bracelet-material-steel-oyster-riveted-bracelet","15":"first","16":"outofstock","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maurideangelis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}