Rolex Daytona*** 6263 Silver Big Red*** 1985
Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263, Silver Big Red Dial, 1985
Serial: 8766770
Circa: 1985
Reference: 6263
CASE: 37mm, stainless steel with Oyster screw pushers and bakelite back tachymeter bezel bezel. Acrylic crystal.
DIAL: Silver dial with applied baton hour markers, tritium plots and black registers. Rolex Oyster Cosmograph printed on the dial. DAYTONA in red & T SWISS T at the bottom.
MOVEMENT: Caliber 727, Hand-wound mechanical column wheel chronograph movement with 17 jewels
BRACELET: Rolex stainless steel Oyster bracelet 78350/571 date code I10 (Oct 1984).
CONDITION REPORT: The dial is original, excellent and free of stains or scratches with all lume plots present and nicely aged with a rich patina, however some have slightly thinned over time. The case is unpolished with original finish intact and pinholes crisp. The bezel is original and intact with signs of wear, but free of cracks. The steel bracelet is in excellent condition also with much stretch and all link springs working properly. All parts are original and correct for this watch including dial, hands, bezel, pushers and bracelet.
NOTES:
In 1963, 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.
The reference 6263 was the successor to the 6240, the first Oyster reference with screw pushers in 1965 and first to be fitted with the black bakelite tachyemeter bezel instead of steel. The 6240 was discontinued around 1969 and the 6263 reigned for almost 20 years before all manual wind Daytonas were transitioned out in 1987 in favor of the larger automatic models.
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