Rolex Oyster Precision Ref. 6426 — Steel, 1970s, custom Mickey silver dial yellow hour indexes

Identity

Rolex Oyster Precision Ref. 6426, 1970s. Manual-winding mechanical movement. Oyster steel case, 34 mm diameter, screw-down signed crown. Custom Mickey dial on silver background, applied steel baton indexes, yellow hours dots and steel hands. Plexiglas crystal. Leather strap.

Horological context

Oyster Precision designates, at Rolex, the manual-winding line, a direct evolution of the 1926 Oyster. The Oyster case is generally in steel, 34 mm in diameter, with a screw-down crown, plexiglas crystal, and 50-metre water resistance. The qualifier Precision on the dial carries a double meaning in Rolex nomenclature: it indicates a manual-winding movement, by contrast with Perpetual which designates the automatic movement; it also indicates the absence of COSC chronometer certification, by contrast with the Officially Certified Chronometer or Superlative Chronometer markings. Ref. 6694 and Ref. 6494, produced from the 1950s through the early 1990s, integrate a date function at 3 o'clock under the name Oysterdate Precision. Ref. 6426 carries a no-date dial. These models are equipped with calibres 1210 or 1225 depending on the period.

Character

Custom Mickey dial on silver background, applied steel baton indexes and yellow hours dots.

Serviced in-house. In very good condition. Delivered with the Contre-Temps box and two-year warranty certificate. Rolex Oyster steel bracelet available (+€500) as an alternative to the leather strap.