6240, Daytona, Steel Trio This is Grand Seiko giving

This is Grand Seiko giving a limited production their full technical ability with no restraint

urushi lacquer-filled numerals on a German silver blank

The 6239 marked the birth of the Daytona in 1963

Valjoux 727

Vacheron Constantin’s answer to the Nautilus and Royal Oak

6240, Daytona, Steel Trio This is Grand Seiko givingThe 6240 is the origin of all screw down Daytonas. Two years after the first Daytona, Rolex decided it needed a 100m Oyster case option. Production numbers of the 6240 were exceedingly small at fewer than 2000 examples, all in steel. While rare, It is arguably one of the most pivotal references within the line, its combination of screw down pushers with black acrylic bezel have become features widely adopted within later Daytona references. The 6240