ROLEX Oyster Perpetual Tropical Pre Explorer Ovettone Ref. 6298 (1953)
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As a precursor to the iconic Explorer line, the Rolex Reference 6298 was in essence a prototype watch that was used "on the field" so to speak, by actual explorers doing actual expeditions (imagine that, a Rolex being used as a tool watch...halcyon days to say the least..)
Known as Big Bubblebacks or Ovettones, these were watches that we can place at the pivotal beginnings of the Rolex "Sports" watch - what followed were ever more slender movements and consequently flatter cases, but there is no denying that without these early Everest-era Pre-Explorer watches, the now iconic "younger siblings" would never have come to be - here is a 36 mm stainless steel watch 71 years young that was made to take on all it had thrown at it - the time honoured dial is now a deeply blazing tropical colour as uniform as it is vibrant - the stories this watch could tell....
Manufacturer - Rolex
Year - 1953
Reference - 6298
Movement - Automatic
Case Serial - 930075
Material - Stainless Steel - 36 mm not including crown
Case, movement, and dial signed
Original WAB Bracelet Made in England
The watch has undergone a full service by my trusted watchmaker and is in excellent working order
