Rolex Daytona*** 6265 Big Red*** 1978
ROLEX Daytona Cosmograph ‘Big Red’, Ref. 6265, 1978
Serial: 5582602
Circa: 1978
Reference No.: 6265
DIAL: Silver dial with RED Daytona, applied baton hour markers and black counters
CASE: 37mm, stainless steel, oyster screw pushers, tachymeter bezel, screw back and acrylic crystal
MOVEMENT: Caliber 727, Hand-wound mechanical column wheel chronograph movement with 17 jewels
BRACELET: Vintage leather strap with steel buckle
CONDITION REPORT: Mint. Dial and hands are in mint condition, the case appears to be unpolished.
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. In the late 60’s the 6240 was introduced with the addition of screw-down waterproof pushers and therefore carried the word Oyster on the dial. In 1971, two models were available: the 6265 with metallic bezel and the 6263 with the bakelite bezel. These two models had the 727 caliber and continued production all the way until 1987.
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