Reference:6241 - Revision history

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	[[File:Ref 6241 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6241\|Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6241]]		[[File:Ref 6241 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6241\|Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6241]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	\| 1.6M-1.9M (~1968) \|\| 1968 \|\| Cosmograph, Paul Newman exotic \|\| tritium \|\| 7205 \|\| 271 \|\| Mid-production. Yellow-gold variant runs in parallel with steel — JPS dial sits in this batch per Revolution.		\| 1.6M-1.9M (~1968) \|\| 1968 \|\| Cosmograph, Paul Newman exotic \|\| tritium \|\| 7205 \|\| 271 \|\| Mid-production. Yellow-gold variant runs in parallel with steel — JPS dial sits in this batch per Revolution.
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	\| 1.9M-2.2M (~1969) \|\| 1969 \|\| Cosmograph, Paul Newman exotic \|\| tritium \|\| 7205, 7835 (transitional, late 1969) \|\| 271 \|\| Final year. The 7205 → 7835 folded bracelet transition starts at the very end of 1969 ~~per chrono-shop / Wind Vintage~~; not all 6241s would have shipped on 7835 originally~~. Mode inferred — needs Pucci Papaleo confirmation~~.		\| 1.9M-2.2M (~1969) \|\| 1969 \|\| Cosmograph, Paul Newman exotic \|\| tritium \|\| 7205, 7835 (transitional, late 1969) \|\| 271 \|\| Final year. The 7205 → 7835 folded bracelet transition starts at the very end of 1969; not all 6241s would have shipped on 7835 originally.
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Admin: Category casing fix per audit. Normalize: working-draft → Working Draft; Explorer-Ii → Explorer II; Oyster-Perpetual → Oyster Perpetual; Daytona Manual-wind → Daytona Manual-Wind; Daytona In-house Gen 1 → Daytona In-House Gen 1. Drop redundant Category:References (not part of convention; family-and-status categories are sufficient).

2026-04-29T19:57:00Z

Category casing fix per audit. Normalize: working-draft → Working Draft; Explorer-Ii → Explorer II; Oyster-Perpetual → Oyster Perpetual; Daytona Manual-wind → Daytona Manual-Wind; Daytona In-house Gen 1 → Daytona In-House Gen 1. Drop redundant Category:References (not part of convention; family-and-status categories are sufficient).

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	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

	[[Category:Daytona Manual-~~wind~~]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Working Draft]]		[[Category:Working Draft]]

Admin: Category fix: Draft → Working Draft to match wider convention (5512/5513/1016/1675/1680/6263 etc.)

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Category fix: Draft → Working Draft to match wider convention (5512/5513/1016/1675/1680/6263 etc.)

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	[[Category:Daytona Manual-wind]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-wind]]
	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Draft]]		[[Category:Working Draft]]

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	\|title=Rolex Daytona ~~6241 (1966–1969) JPS Yellow Gold~~ — BezelBase		\|title=Rolex 6241 Daytona — Production, Dial Variants, Serial Ranges \| BezelBase
	\|description=Short-run Daytona with pump pushers and acrylic black bezel insert (1966 to 1969). The 14k yellow gold John Player Special variant — fewer than 400 produced, North American market — is the variant that defines the reference at auction.		\|description=Short-run Daytona with pump pushers and acrylic black bezel insert (1966 to 1969). The 14k yellow gold John Player Special variant — fewer than 400 produced, North American market — is the variant that defines the reference at auction.
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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] → '''6241'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''6241'''</small>

	The 6241 is the short-run manual-wind Cosmograph that put a black acrylic bezel insert on the pump-pusher Daytona case. Production runs from 1966 to 1969, parallel to the late 6239 (metal tachymetre bezel, pump pushers) and the contemporaneous 6240 (acrylic bezel, screw-down pushers). Around 3,000 examples in steel and roughly 300 in 14k yellow gold reserved for the North American market. The yellow gold is the case material that hosts the John Player Special (JPS), the black-dial Paul Newman in a yellow gold case that has come to define the reference at auction.		The 6241 is the short-run manual-wind Cosmograph that put a black acrylic bezel insert on the pump-pusher Daytona case. Production runs from 1966 to 1969, parallel to the late 6239 (metal tachymetre bezel, pump pushers) and the contemporaneous 6240 (acrylic bezel, screw-down pushers). Around 3,000 examples in steel and roughly 300 in 14k yellow gold reserved for the North American market. The yellow gold is the case material that hosts the John Player Special (JPS), the black-dial Paul Newman in a yellow gold case that has come to define the reference at auction.

Admin: Normalize Field Manual citation: ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

2026-04-27T04:40:09Z

Normalize Field Manual citation: ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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	* [https://goldammer.me/blogs/articles/reference-guide-rolex-daytona A Beginner's Guide to the Early Rolex Daytona (1963-88)] — Marcus Siems, Goldammer		* [https://goldammer.me/blogs/articles/reference-guide-rolex-daytona A Beginner's Guide to the Early Rolex Daytona (1963-88)] — Marcus Siems, Goldammer
	* [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference] — David Boettcher, vintagewatchstraps.com		* [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference] — David Boettcher, vintagewatchstraps.com
	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

	[[Category:Daytona Manual-wind]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-wind]]
	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Draft]]		[[Category:Draft]]

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