Rolex Daytona 'Big Red', Reference 6263 | A stainless steel...
Dial: black
Calibre: cal. 727 manual winding, 17 jewels
Movement number: 7'534
Case: stainless steel, screw-down case back
Case number: 6'043'649
Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 37.5 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 185 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Condition Report:
MVT: is running at the time of cataloguing. The chronograph is functioning.
CASE: is in good overall condition. It presents some fine scratches and dings. The case back presents some more wear. The case has been polished. The bracelet is in fairly good condition. It presents some fine scrathes throughout. The clasp is quite heavily polished. (bracelet ref. 78350 19, end link 571, clasp F)
DIAL: is in fair condition. It presents some minute blemishes and dust particles. The subsidiary dials presents some signs of white debris. The hands of the subsidiary dials present oxidation. The lume plots are all damaged or gone. The hands and indexes present a reaction to UV-lighting fading rapidly.
Catalogue Note:
References 6263 and 6265 began production in the early 1970s. The bezel type differentiated the two from one another, with reference 6263, like the present lot, featuring an acrylic bezel and reference 6265, fitted with a metal bezel. The 6263 and 6265 models are further distinguished from their preceding references by the introduction of larger, screw-down chronograph pushers and winding crown and the addition of 'Oyster' signed to the dial. The introduction of these attributes marked the standard for all future references and are still utilized on Daytona models to this day.
The present watch can be differentiated from other references 6263, because it has a movement number engraved under the balance wheel. At the time, only the gold versions of the Daytona has a movement number, but due to the lack of success of the watch, Rolex started equipping these calibre on steel models as well. This small difference makes this watch even more collectable.
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Dial: black
Calibre: cal. 727 manual winding, 17 jewels
Movement number: 7'534
Case: stainless steel, screw-down case back
Case number: 6'043'649
Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 37.5 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 185 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Condition Report:
MVT: is running at the time of cataloguing. The chronograph is functioning.
CASE: is in good overall condition. It presents some fine scratches and dings. The case back presents some more wear. The case has been polished. The bracelet is in fairly good condition. It presents some fine scrathes throughout. The clasp is quite heavily polished. (bracelet ref. 78350 19, end link 571, clasp F)
DIAL: is in fair condition. It presents some minute blemishes and dust particles. The subsidiary dials presents some signs of white debris. The hands of the subsidiary dials present oxidation. The lume plots are all damaged or gone. The hands and indexes present a reaction to UV-lighting fading rapidly.
Catalogue Note:
References 6263 and 6265 began production in the early 1970s. The bezel type differentiated the two from one another, with reference 6263, like the present lot, featuring an acrylic bezel and reference 6265, fitted with a metal bezel. The 6263 and 6265 models are further distinguished from their preceding references by the introduction of larger, screw-down chronograph pushers and winding crown and the addition of 'Oyster' signed to the dial. The introduction of these attributes marked the standard for all future references and are still utilized on Daytona models to this day.
The present watch can be differentiated from other references 6263, because it has a movement number engraved under the balance wheel. At the time, only the gold versions of the Daytona has a movement number, but due to the lack of success of the watch, Rolex started equipping these calibre on steel models as well. This small difference makes this watch even more collectable.
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