ROLEX Daytona
« Big Red » full set
Ref. 6263
MODEL: Daytona
REFERENCE: 6263
YEAR: 1984 serial 8.76x.xxx
CASE DIMENSIONS: 37mm, thickness 13mm
CASE MATERIAL: stainless steel, original Rolex
DIAL: Black « Big Red »
INDEX: applied hour markers with tritium
MOVEMENT: Valjoux 727, self-winding
BEZEL MATERIAL: MK3 acrylic bezel, original
BRACELET: stainless steel, 7835 19 / 571, original
CLASP: stainless steel folding clasp, original
GLASS: Plexi
PAPERS: original punched guarantee
Iconic and sublim design, the « Big Red » generation of the Daytona certainly helped building the legend of ROLEX as a brand. It is one of its best seller and an analogy with the sports cars universe would say it is the 911 of the wrist! Paul Newman purchased for himself exactly this « Big Red » black dial configuration. It is the third dial generation of this reference and came after the « Sigma » dial. It was produced from 1975 until 1987.
Dial: very nice dial which aged into a deep anthracite grey/black. The manually applied « DAYTONA » in red bold sherif font is positioned above the 6 o’clock sub register and is known among collectors as a « Big Red ». All the tritium dots are present and they all react well under the UV test (glow green & vanish quickly). The handset is also featuring original tritium luminous. Depending on the light one can see some little tool marks in the sub registers.
Case: superb thick case. Lugs and case retain their original shapes and proportions. Satin finish and distance of the holes from the edges on the side of the watch is large & equidistant.
Pushers: MK2 (with circular line) matching the period (switch from MK1 to MK2 around serial 6.5m).
Bezel: original MK3 consistent with this serial and dial generation.
Mouvement: Valjoux 727 in beautiful condition. Caseback engraved CRS 6263.
Bracelet: Rolex oyster bracelet 78350/19 with 571 end links engraved « H » meaning 1983 making this bracelet the very likely original one.
Box & Papers: Rolex presentation box, cover box, original guarantee, translation, calendar.
A fabulous Daytona pleasing much more than only the race drivers!
PRICE: // SOLD //
