ROLEX Daytona
« Big Red » full set
Ref. 6263
MODEL: Daytona
REFERENCE: 6263
YEAR: 1980 serial 6.15x.xxx
CASE DIMENSIONS: 37mm, thickness 13mm
CASE MATERIAL: stainless steel, original Rolex
DIAL: Silver « Big Red »
INDEX: applied hour markers with tritium
MOVEMENT: Valjoux 727, self-winding
BEZEL MATERIAL: MK3 acrylic bezel
BRACELET: stainless steel, 7835 19 / 571
CLASP: stainless steel folding clasp, I4 engraving (1984)
GLASS: Plexi
PAPERS: original and written guarantee on a correct punched country code and box
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! The « Big Red » is the third dial generation of this reference and came after the « Sigma » dial. It was produced from 1975 until 1987.
Serial: 6.15x.xxx (1980)
Dial: absolutely FLAWLESS and very silvery dial. 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 (small loss at 2 and 8 o’clock) and they all react well under the UV test (glow green & vanish quickly). The handset is also featuring original tritium luminous.
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 6m).
Bezel: MK3 consistent with this serial and dial generation.
Mouvement: Valjoux 727. Original caseback engraved 6263.
Bracelet: Rolex oyster bracelet 78350/19 with 571 end links. Clasp is engraved I4 standing for april 1984.
Box & Papers: Rolex presentation box, cover box, translation booklet and original hand written guarantee on a punched 720 matching the mexican retailer stamp.
A glorious « floating Big Red »!
PRICE: // 99.000 EUR //
