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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''6263'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''6263'''</small>

	The 6263 is the screw-down-pusher Oyster Cosmograph that ran from 1969 to 1988 and collected more named dial variants than any other Daytona reference. It is the canonical "Big Daytona" of the manual-wind era: 37mm Oyster case, black acrylic bezel insert, Valjoux-derived caliber 727. Nearly every collector nickname of the period was earned on this case — Paul Newman MK1 through MK4, RCO, Big Red, Sigma, JPS (John Player Special, from the Lotus F1 livery), Albino, the Sultan of Oman, the Quraysh Hawk, the Arabian Knight.		The 6263 is the screw-down-pusher Oyster Cosmograph that ran from 1969 to 1988 and collected more named dial variants than any other Daytona reference. It is the canonical "Big Daytona" of the manual-wind era: 37mm Oyster case, black acrylic bezel insert, Valjoux-derived caliber 727. Nearly every collector nickname of the period was earned on this case — Paul Newman MK1 through MK4, RCO, Big Red, Sigma, JPS (John Player Special, from the Lotus F1 livery), Albino, the Sultan of Oman, the Quraysh Hawk, the Arabian Knight.
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Admin: Fix case diameter: 6263/6265 host case is 37mm, not 36mm (36mm belongs to the earlier pre-Daytona 6234). Source: Phillips lot NY080120/38 ('Racing Pulse', 6263 Big Red, publishes '37mm Diameter')

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Fix case diameter: 6263/6265 host case is 37mm, not 36mm (36mm belongs to the earlier pre-Daytona 6234). Source: Phillips lot NY080120/38 ('Racing Pulse', 6263 Big Red, publishes '37mm Diameter')

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	The 6263 is the screw-down-pusher Oyster Cosmograph that ran from 1969 to 1988 and collected more named dial variants than any other Daytona reference. It is the canonical "Big Daytona" of the manual-wind era: ~~36mm~~ Oyster case, black acrylic bezel insert, Valjoux-derived caliber 727. Nearly every collector nickname of the period was earned on this case — Paul Newman MK1 through MK4, RCO, Big Red, Sigma, JPS (John Player Special, from the Lotus F1 livery), Albino, the Sultan of Oman, the Quraysh Hawk, the Arabian Knight.		The 6263 is the screw-down-pusher Oyster Cosmograph that ran from 1969 to 1988 and collected more named dial variants than any other Daytona reference. It is the canonical "Big Daytona" of the manual-wind era: 37mm Oyster case, black acrylic bezel insert, Valjoux-derived caliber 727. Nearly every collector nickname of the period was earned on this case — Paul Newman MK1 through MK4, RCO, Big Red, Sigma, JPS (John Player Special, from the Lotus F1 livery), Albino, the Sultan of Oman, the Quraysh Hawk, the Arabian Knight.

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	\| production \|\| 1969–1988		\| production \|\| 1969–1988
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	\| case \|\| ~~36mm~~ steel (also 14k yellow gold)		\| case \|\| 37mm steel (also 14k yellow gold)
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	\| pushers \|\| screw-down (defining feature versus 6262 / 6264 pump pushers)		\| pushers \|\| screw-down (defining feature versus 6262 / 6264 pump pushers)
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	== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown ==		== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown ==

	The 6263 case is ~~36mm~~ steel, the standard manual-wind Daytona case of its era. Yellow gold 6263 examples exist in 14k for the North American market and 18k for export; gold cases are rare across the run and rarer still with original Paul Newman dials, where the gold 6263 PN typically surfaces as the Lemon Dial variant rather than a standard tri-color or panda PN. The screw-down chronograph pushers are the watch's defining feature, distinguishing the 6263 from the pump-pusher 6262 / 6264 pair and aligning it with the earlier 6240 (1965) and contemporary 6265. The screw-down design raised water resistance to 100m and prevented accidental chronograph actuation underwater.		The 6263 case is 37mm steel, the standard manual-wind Daytona case of its era. Yellow gold 6263 examples exist in 14k for the North American market and 18k for export; gold cases are rare across the run and rarer still with original Paul Newman dials, where the gold 6263 PN typically surfaces as the Lemon Dial variant rather than a standard tri-color or panda PN. The screw-down chronograph pushers are the watch's defining feature, distinguishing the 6263 from the pump-pusher 6262 / 6264 pair and aligning it with the earlier 6240 (1965) and contemporary 6265. The screw-down design raised water resistance to 100m and prevented accidental chronograph actuation underwater.

	The bezel insert is black acrylic, marked with a tachymetric scale to 400 units per hour. This is the visual point of separation from the 6265, which carries the same case and movement but a steel engraved tachymetric bezel. Crystal is acrylic — a flat-domed Twinlock-compatible plexi consistent with the era. The crown is a Twinlock screw-down, period-standard for water-resistant Oyster sport watches before Triplock entered the line on the deeper-spec divers.		The bezel insert is black acrylic, marked with a tachymetric scale to 400 units per hour. This is the visual point of separation from the 6265, which carries the same case and movement but a steel engraved tachymetric bezel. Crystal is acrylic — a flat-domed Twinlock-compatible plexi consistent with the era. The crown is a Twinlock screw-down, period-standard for water-resistant Oyster sport watches before Triplock entered the line on the deeper-spec divers.

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Fact fix: SJX Watches cal 4130 LIGA article is bylined Richard Lee, not JX Su (watchesbysjx.com, 2020-11-17)

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	* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080318 Phillips — Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018)] — Pucci Papaleo (curator); Aurel Bacs (auctioneer), Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo		* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080318 Phillips — Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018)] — Pucci Papaleo (curator); Aurel Bacs (auctioneer), Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo
	* [https://www.phillips.com/article/150046101/manual-wind-rolex-daytonas-phillips-november-2024 A Round-Up of 14 Manual-Wind Rolex Daytonas in the Geneva Watch Auction XX] — Phillips		* [https://www.phillips.com/article/150046101/manual-wind-rolex-daytonas-phillips-november-2024 A Round-Up of 14 Manual-Wind Rolex Daytonas in the Geneva Watch Auction XX] — Phillips
	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2018/05/penultimate-picks-from-daytona-ultimatum-at-phillips.html Penultimate Picks from Daytona Ultimatum at Phillips] — ~~JX Su~~, SJX Watches		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2018/05/penultimate-picks-from-daytona-ultimatum-at-phillips.html Penultimate Picks from Daytona Ultimatum at Phillips] — Richard Lee, SJX Watches
	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2013/11/spectacular-results-at-christies-rolex-daytona-lesson-one-auction-in-geneva-including-a-million-dollar-paul-newman.html Spectacular Results at Christie's Rolex Daytona "Lesson One" Auction in Geneva] — ~~JX Su~~, SJX Watches		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2013/11/spectacular-results-at-christies-rolex-daytona-lesson-one-auction-in-geneva-including-a-million-dollar-paul-newman.html Spectacular Results at Christie's Rolex Daytona "Lesson One" Auction in Geneva] — Richard Lee, SJX Watches
	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2020/12/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-6263-big-red-auction.html Breaking News: Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona 6263 "Big Red" Sells for US$5.48m] — ~~JX Su~~, SJX Watches		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2020/12/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-6263-big-red-auction.html Breaking News: Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona 6263 "Big Red" Sells for US$5.48m] — Richard Lee, SJX Watches
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/vintage-rolex-daytona-the-gold-standard Vintage Rolex Daytona: The Gold Standard] — Karyn Orrico, Sotheby's		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/vintage-rolex-daytona-the-gold-standard Vintage Rolex Daytona: The Gold Standard] — Karyn Orrico, Sotheby's
	* [https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/interview-aurel-bacs Interview: Aurel Bacs] — A Collected Man		* [https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/interview-aurel-bacs Interview: Aurel Bacs] — A Collected Man

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	\| 2.5M-3.0M (1971-1973) \|\| 1971-1973 \|\| Mk1 standard \|\| — \|\| 7835 \|\| 271 \|\| Early production.		\| 2.5M-3.0M (1971-1973) \|\| 1971-1973 \|\| Mk1 standard \|\| — \|\| 7835 \|\| 271 \|\| Early production.
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	\| 5.0M-6.5M (1976-1978) \|\| 1976-1978 \|\| Sigma, Big Red transitional \|\| — \|\| 78360 \|\| 271 \|\| Sigma dial era ~1972-1978 per multiple ~~Wind Vintage / Bulang~~ sources.		\| 5.0M-6.5M (1976-1978) \|\| 1976-1978 \|\| Sigma, Big Red transitional \|\| — \|\| 78360 \|\| 271 \|\| Sigma dial era ~1972-1978 per multiple documented sources.
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	\| 8.0M+ (post-1983) \|\| 1983-1988 \|\| Big Red \|\| — \|\| 78360 \|\| 271 \|\| Late Big Red era. Newman's own 6263 (Joanne Woodward gift, 1983) sits in this batch.		\| 8.0M+ (post-1983) \|\| 1983-1988 \|\| Big Red \|\| — \|\| 78360 \|\| 271 \|\| Late Big Red era. Newman's own 6263 (Joanne Woodward gift, 1983) sits in this batch.

Admin: Correct two propagated auction figures: Paul Newman's 6239 realised USD 17,752,500, not "17.52M"; the Bao Dai 6062 realised CHF 5,066,000, not USD. Same corrections applied to Reference:neanderthal-daytona.

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Correct two propagated auction figures: Paul Newman's 6239 realised USD 17,752,500, not "17.52M"; the Bao Dai 6062 realised CHF 5,066,000, not USD. Same corrections applied to Reference:neanderthal-daytona.

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	Phillips's Daytona Ultimatum in Geneva on 12 May 2018 was the modern thematic peak: 32 lots curated by Pucci Papaleo, with multiple 6263 special branches achieving headline results. The Oyster Sotto 6263 (RCO Mk1, Lot 14) carried a CHF 1M–2M estimate. The Quraysh Hawk 6263 came in at CHF 200,000–400,000, the Arabian Knight 6263 at CHF 1.5M–3.0M. The same sale featured the JPS 6241 in gold and the Unicorn 6265 white gold at CHF 5,937,500, establishing both the price ceiling for the era and the curatorial framework that subsequent Daytona auctions worked within.		Phillips's Daytona Ultimatum in Geneva on 12 May 2018 was the modern thematic peak: 32 lots curated by Pucci Papaleo, with multiple 6263 special branches achieving headline results. The Oyster Sotto 6263 (RCO Mk1, Lot 14) carried a CHF 1M–2M estimate. The Quraysh Hawk 6263 came in at CHF 200,000–400,000, the Arabian Knight 6263 at CHF 1.5M–3.0M. The same sale featured the JPS 6241 in gold and the Unicorn 6265 white gold at CHF 5,937,500, establishing both the price ceiling for the era and the curatorial framework that subsequent Daytona auctions worked within.

	Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red came to market at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 and sold for USD 5.48M including fees (USD 4.5M hammer). Bidding opened just under USD 1M, jumped to USD 2M on a bid by Paul Boutros (Phillips NY), and was won by a client of Livia Russo (Phillips Geneva). The result placed the Big Red third on the all-time Rolex auction list at that point, behind Newman's first Daytona (USD 17~~.52M~~, Phillips 2017) and the Bao Dai 6062 (~~USD~~ 5~~.06M~~, Phillips 2017).		Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red came to market at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 and sold for USD 5.48M including fees (USD 4.5M hammer). Bidding opened just under USD 1M, jumped to USD 2M on a bid by Paul Boutros (Phillips NY), and was won by a client of Livia Russo (Phillips Geneva). The result placed the Big Red third on the all-time Rolex auction list at that point, behind Newman's first Daytona (USD 17,752,500, Phillips 2017) and the Bao Dai 6062 (CHF 5,066,000, Phillips 2017).

	The Albino 6263 carries its own market arc. Eric Clapton's example traded three times before its disputed-status moment: USD 50,190 at Christie's NY in June 2003, about USD 505,000 at Sotheby's in 2008, and CHF 1,325,000 (USD 1.42M) at Phillips in May 2015. The third documented Albino, case 2648447, sold at Sotheby's Abu Dhabi on 5 December 2025 for USD 952,500 including premium (USD 750,000 hammer) — a result that came in below previous Albino transactions and reflected the Pereztroika dossier published two days before the sale. The previous owner of Lot 340 was reported to have paid nearly USD 3 million.		The Albino 6263 carries its own market arc. Eric Clapton's example traded three times before its disputed-status moment: USD 50,190 at Christie's NY in June 2003, about USD 505,000 at Sotheby's in 2008, and CHF 1,325,000 (USD 1.42M) at Phillips in May 2015. The third documented Albino, case 2648447, sold at Sotheby's Abu Dhabi on 5 December 2025 for USD 952,500 including premium (USD 750,000 hammer) — a result that came in below previous Albino transactions and reflected the Pereztroika dossier published two days before the sale. The previous owner of Lot 340 was reported to have paid nearly USD 3 million.

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	Standard production 6263s occupy the accessible end of the manual-wind Daytona market. Big Red examples in good condition trade in the mid-five to low-six figures. Sigma dials and standard panda configurations sit below that. Clean RCO and PN MK examples enter seven figures with provenance.		Standard production 6263s occupy the accessible end of the manual-wind Daytona market. Big Red examples in good condition trade in the mid-five to low-six figures. Sigma dials and standard panda configurations sit below that. Clean RCO and PN MK examples enter seven figures with provenance.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:6265\|Daytona 6265]] — the steel-bezel sibling on the same screw-pusher Oyster case (1971–1988)
			* [[Reference:6264\|Daytona 6264]] / [[Reference:6262\|6262]] — the pump-pusher pair that preceded it (1970–1972)
			* [[Reference:6240\|Daytona 6240]] — the first screw-down-pusher Daytona (1965)
			* [[Reference:6241\|Daytona 6241]] — "John Player Special", the pump-pusher exotic-dial cousin (1966–1969)
			* [[Reference:16520\|Daytona 16520]] — "Zenith", the automatic successor that ended the manual era (1988)

			See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:paul-newman-daytona\|Paul Newman dials]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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