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