Opinion on cherry logo 6239. Thanks

[sinhang917]

Hello guys,

I would like to seek your help to take a look on this 6239. I am considering it and did a bit search and it seems fine to me at the moment..however some of the info I am still looking for( since some info is not easy to search.. eg the correct bracelet of 6239 for this silver dial 6239…)

Dial: silver cherry red Daytona 6239 (seems losing some lume on 3,6,9)
Bracelet 57 end link ,7205 bracelet
Serial: 178xxxx
Hands: short hour hands, thinner sub dial hand at 9 o’clock
Bezel: 300 bezel

Appreciated your opinion on this!! Thanks

[roh123]

Looks pretty good. Dial has some spotting which is fairly common. Case looks good with a somewhat soft correct bezel. All and all a pretty nice and quite rare 6239. A 7205 is correct on this watch. Usually with 71 ends even though 57’s fit decently.

[1675-David]

Originally Posted by roh123

Looks pretty good. Dial has some spotting which is fairly common. Case looks good with a somewhat soft correct bezel. All and all a pretty nice and quite rare 6239. A 7205 is correct on this watch. Usually with 71 ends even though 57’s fit decently.

Love it when you do that!!

[mountainjogger]

Originally Posted by 1675-David

Love it when you do that!!

Yes. Truly amazing.

[sinhang917]

Originally Posted by roh123

Looks pretty good. Dial has some spotting which is fairly common. Case looks good with a somewhat soft correct bezel. All and all a pretty nice and quite rare 6239. A 7205 is correct on this watch. Usually with 71 ends even though 57’s fit decently.

Thanks man really appreciated it !

[sinhang917]

Originally Posted by roh123

Looks pretty good. Dial has some spotting which is fairly common. Case looks good with a somewhat soft correct bezel. All and all a pretty nice and quite rare 6239. A 7205 is correct on this watch. Usually with 71 ends even though 57’s fit decently.

Thanks again for your help! May I know if the lume of the lume dot / hands shall still be glowing under UV? (I forgot to check this, and I would do the checking when I revisit the watch), and is it common for the lume dots (under normal light)showing inconsistent color (like some of dots are darker while some of them are lighter) , and does it hurt the value?

Thanks!

[roh123]

I would expect them to glow under UV. Since some are chipped it could possibly explain why they glow a bit different. Usually it should glow the same. It’s a rare dial configuration so it shouldn’t come cheap regardless but of course there’s a discount on any kind of defect. Condition is always important when it comes to vintage pieces.

[swish77]

Originally Posted by roh123

I would expect them to glow under UV. Since some are chipped it could possibly explain why they glow a bit different. Usually it should glow the same. It’s a rare dial configuration so it shouldn’t come cheap regardless but of course there’s a discount on any kind of defect. Condition is always important when it comes to vintage pieces.

Yes, definitely. The tritium hour dots light up under UV on these old Daytonas, but then the "glow" should quickly fade when the UV is taken away.

Here's a shot of my 6263 Daytona under UV. Different reference but I'd imagine the reaction would be similar on a 6239.

[sinhang917]

Thanks guys for your sharing!!

Beside the long thin hour hands for early 6239. I found some of the 6239 has smaller lume on the short hour hand ( I think the one I m considering has bigger lume on hour hand)

lately on Cosimo watch ig there is a post on showing 6239 small and big Daytona, circa 1966 and 1967, the hour hand of two watches are different. What do you guys think? Thanks!

[sinhang917]

Originally Posted by swish77

Yes, definitely. The tritium hour dots light up under UV on these old Daytonas, but then the "glow" should quickly fade when the UV is taken away.

Here's a shot of my 6263 Daytona under UV. Different reference but I'd imagine the reaction would be similar on a 6239.

Wow very nice!! Thanks for sharing!!

[sinhang917]

May I know if you guys would pick a cherry dial 6239 (as above) or 6265 big red silver(as below)? rare vs sporty? haha

The 6265 I am considering right now (Appreciated your opinion:))

serial:91xxxxx
dial and sub dial: big red
hands: seems correct
lume dots: no missing
pusher mark 2? (seems to correct)
bezel (seems correct ?as there is no straight 7)
Bracelet: 78350 end link and 557 end link (seems some saying it should be 771?)

Thanks! :)

[roh123]

For me early Daytonas are more interesting than big reds. Big reds are the red subs of Daytonas. Favoured by many.

Each to their own though. I think you should get whatever watch that appeals to you more. Trends always come and go.

[sinhang917]

Originally Posted by roh123

For me early Daytonas are way more interesting than big reds. Big reds are the red subs of Daytonas. Favoured by many.

I got u ! YeA many variations. Actually I also like big Daytona / blue Daytona:)

[TomLou]

6635/71

[sinhang917]

Originally Posted by TomLou

6635/71

Thanks man! :)