Rolex Daytona*** 6262 Paul Newman*** 1969
ROLEX Daytona Cosmograph, Paul Newman Tricolore Dial, Ref. 6262, 1969
Serial # 254XXXX
Circa: 1969
DIAL: Black exotic ‘Paul Newman’ Dial with white/silver counters and outer minutes ring (so-called Tricolore, three color), metal applied hour markers with tritium luminous plots, red minutes graduation and DAYTONA.
Silver hour/minutes hands with luminous center, seconds chronograph in silver with black tip. Black baton register hands.
CASE: 37mm, stainless steel, pump pushers, steel tachymeter bezel, screw back and acrylic crystal
MOVEMENT: Caliber 727, Hand-wound mechanical column wheel chronograph movement with 17 jewels
BRACELET: Rolex stainless steel oyster bracelet
CONDITION REPORT: The watch dial is original and in over good naturally aged condition. The tritium plots have aged over time and darkened. The bezel, case and bracelet are all original and show light signs of wear and some small scratches while no signs of any major damage is apparent. The movement is running and functioning properly.
NOTES: In 1960, Rolex released the Cosmograph watch to measure and record elapsed time beginning with the reference 6239. This reference did not yet carry the name Daytona. It was powered by a Valjoux 72B manual wind column wheel chronograph movement, which Rolex reworked and improved internally. The watch had a tachymeter bezel and was fitted with pump pushers. Soon after, the introduction of the name Daytona was often seen on Rolex chronographs. This name came from the beach town in Florida, USA, where the famous Daytona race took place every year.
References 6262 and 6264 adopted push-down buttons with metal bezel (ref. 6262) or black plastic bezel (ref. 6264). These references were manufactured from late 1969 to 1972. They are part of the few references for wich exotic dials were offered as an option by Rolex as a Paul Newman dial must be in a reference 6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264 or 6265 watch, installed by Rolex as original. |