The Rolex Daytona ref. 6241 was initially introduced in 1966 with a production spanning just three years ending at 1969. It is estimated that only 3,000 examples of the reference were produced during the period with only a small handful of them being fitted with the exotic “Paul Newman” dial made by Singer.

Featuring pump style pushers, the ref. 6241 features basically an identical dial with the ref. 6239 “Paul Newman”, however fitted with a black acrylic bezel insert making the watch look slightly larger than its metallic bezel counterpart. Furthermore, examples from after 1967 featured the newly upgrade cal. 722-1.

The present example from circa 1968 with a 1.76 million serial number in between the lugs belongs to one of the earliest transitional examples from cal. 722 to 722-1. Enhancing its tremendous vintage appeal, the dial on the present example is eccentric. Naturally aged, the brown “tropical” subsidiary registers have developed uniformly to a dark shade of brown, whilst the white exotic graphics remain perfect indicating that the graphics have not been touched or reapplied. Adding on to the attraction, the luminous material on the dial remains intact with signs of ageing, though it remains reactive under UV light.