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! Colour type !! Dial base !! Sub-dials !! Common host refs !! Notes

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| Tri-colour standard || Silver || Black with white rings || 6239, 6241 || ~~The most common~~ Paul Newman layout; white outer chapter ring

| Tri-colour standard || Silver || Black with white rings || 6239, 6241 || A frequently catalogued Paul Newman layout; white outer chapter ring

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| Tri-colour reverse || Black || Silver with black rings || 6239, 6241 || Black outer chapter ring; sometimes called "reverse panda PN"

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RCO (Rolex Cosmograph Oyster), also called Oyster Sotto, is a documented layout on 6263 and 6265 examples. The tell is the 12 o'clock stack reading "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" instead of the standard order. Documented examples sit only on 6263 and 6265 host watches.

Oyster Sotto 6263 examples appear in the cited Christie’s 2013 and Phillips 2018 sales. RCO mark descriptions and prices should be tied to the individual catalogue lot. RCO ~~6265s surface less often~~ than RCO ~~6263s~~. Full treatment sits on [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|the Oyster Sotto page]].

Oyster Sotto 6263 examples appear in the cited Christie’s 2013 and Phillips 2018 sales. RCO mark descriptions and prices should be tied to the individual catalogue lot. The cited literature contains fewer RCO 6265 examples than RCO 6263 examples. Full treatment sits on [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|the Oyster Sotto page]].

== JPS — John Player Special ==

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JPS denotes a Paul Newman dial on a yellow gold case where the dial is black and the sub-dial surrounds and hour markers are gold-toned, echoing the black-and-gold livery of the John Player Special-sponsored Lotus Formula 1 team of the 1970s. Mario Andretti took the 1978 Drivers' Championship in a Lotus 79 in those colours. The JPS nickname is a collector invention applied retroactively; Rolex never used it.

The ~~6241 in~~ 14k yellow gold is the ~~main~~ JPS host ~~and the watch most collectors mean when they say JPS Daytona~~. The cited sources do not establish a factory production total for the gold 6241 JPS configuration. The same look also appears on some gold 6263s, though those are more often described under the Lemon branch.

The cited literature most often identifies the 14k yellow-gold 6241 as the JPS host. The cited sources do not establish a factory production total for the gold 6241 JPS configuration. The same look also appears on some gold 6263s, though those are more often described under the Lemon branch.

== Six host references ==

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| 12 May 2018 || Various Paul Newman lots including Oyster Sotto 6263, Neanderthal 6240, RCO 6265 || Phillips "Daytona Ultimatum", Geneva || Multiple seven-figure results || A 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The sale included several high-value lots in the category. The Oyster Sotto 6263 hammered at CHF 1,662,500 (USD ~1.66M)

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| 12 December 2020 || Paul Newman's own "Big Red" 6263 || Phillips, New York || 5,475,000 || The second ~~Newman-~~owned ~~Paul~~ Newman to surface at auction. Caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch in 1983; Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008. That engraving is ~~the authentication pivot~~

| 12 December 2020 || Paul Newman's own "Big Red" 6263 || Phillips, New York || 5,475,000 || The second watch owned by Newman to surface at auction. Caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch in 1983; Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008. That engraving is a central provenance check

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| 2017–present || Reference auction lots || Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's || Standard panda PN 6239: USD 150K–500K range; RCO 6263: USD 500K–1M+ range || These results are not a general price guide; dial, host reference, provenance and condition differ between lots.

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== Authentication ==

Paul Newman authentication is the densest forensic category in vintage Rolex. The ~~canonical~~ English-language ~~treatments~~ are the Phillips Made for Racing essay by James Marks (2018) and the Hodinkee piece by Benjamin Clymer (2013). Jose Pereztroika's Perezcope dossiers on the Neanderthal 6240, the Albino 6263, and the Unicorn 6265 cover disputed authenticity cases in adjacent categories, and the failure modes they document apply to Paul Newman authentication as well.

Paul Newman authentication is the densest forensic category in vintage Rolex. The main English-language references are the Phillips Made for Racing essay by James Marks (2018) and the Hodinkee piece by Benjamin Clymer (2013). Jose Pereztroika's Perezcope dossiers on the Neanderthal 6240, the Albino 6263, and the Unicorn 6265 cover disputed authenticity cases in adjacent categories, and the failure modes they document apply to Paul Newman authentication as well.

Authentication starts at the dial back and the print. The Singer stamp style has to match the mark period it claims, the sub-dial crosshairs and 15/30/45 numerals have to be original printing rather than later additions, and the case serial range has to line up with the dial generation. ~~The catch is that~~ service~~-replacement Paul Newman dials exist as factory product, so~~ a correct service dial ~~reads identically to~~ an original-delivery dial under the loupe; provenance ~~documentation does the rest of the work~~.

Authentication starts at the dial back and the print. The Singer stamp style has to match the mark period it claims, the sub-dial crosshairs and 15/30/45 numerals have to be original printing rather than later additions, and the case serial range has to line up with the dial generation. Factory service replacements complicate the comparison: a correct service dial can read like an original-delivery dial under the loupe, so provenance and service records matter.

== Disputed examples ==

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 ! Colour type !! Dial base !! Sub-dials !! Common host refs !! Notes
 |-
-| Tri-colour standard || Silver || Black with white rings || 6239, 6241 || The most common Paul Newman layout; white outer chapter ring
+| Tri-colour standard || Silver || Black with white rings || 6239, 6241 || A frequently catalogued Paul Newman layout; white outer chapter ring
 |-
 | Tri-colour reverse || Black || Silver with black rings || 6239, 6241 || Black outer chapter ring; sometimes called "reverse panda PN"
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 RCO (Rolex Cosmograph Oyster), also called Oyster Sotto, is a documented layout on 6263 and 6265 examples. The tell is the 12 o'clock stack reading "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" instead of the standard order. Documented examples sit only on 6263 and 6265 host watches.
-Oyster Sotto 6263 examples appear in the cited Christie’s 2013 and Phillips 2018 sales. RCO mark descriptions and prices should be tied to the individual catalogue lot. RCO 6265s surface less often than RCO 6263s. Full treatment sits on [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|the Oyster Sotto page]].
+Oyster Sotto 6263 examples appear in the cited Christie’s 2013 and Phillips 2018 sales. RCO mark descriptions and prices should be tied to the individual catalogue lot. The cited literature contains fewer RCO 6265 examples than RCO 6263 examples. Full treatment sits on [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|the Oyster Sotto page]].
 == JPS — John Player Special ==
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 JPS denotes a Paul Newman dial on a yellow gold case where the dial is black and the sub-dial surrounds and hour markers are gold-toned, echoing the black-and-gold livery of the John Player Special-sponsored Lotus Formula 1 team of the 1970s. Mario Andretti took the 1978 Drivers' Championship in a Lotus 79 in those colours. The JPS nickname is a collector invention applied retroactively; Rolex never used it.
-The 6241 in 14k yellow gold is the main JPS host and the watch most collectors mean when they say JPS Daytona. The cited sources do not establish a factory production total for the gold 6241 JPS configuration. The same look also appears on some gold 6263s, though those are more often described under the Lemon branch.
+The cited literature most often identifies the 14k yellow-gold 6241 as the JPS host. The cited sources do not establish a factory production total for the gold 6241 JPS configuration. The same look also appears on some gold 6263s, though those are more often described under the Lemon branch.
 == Six host references ==
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 | 12 May 2018 || Various Paul Newman lots including Oyster Sotto 6263, Neanderthal 6240, RCO 6265 || Phillips "Daytona Ultimatum", Geneva || Multiple seven-figure results || A 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The sale included several high-value lots in the category. The Oyster Sotto 6263 hammered at CHF 1,662,500 (USD ~1.66M)
 |-
-| 12 December 2020 || Paul Newman's own "Big Red" 6263 || Phillips, New York || 5,475,000 || The second Newman-owned Paul Newman to surface at auction. Caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch in 1983; Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008. That engraving is the authentication pivot
+| 12 December 2020 || Paul Newman's own "Big Red" 6263 || Phillips, New York || 5,475,000 || The second watch owned by Newman to surface at auction. Caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch in 1983; Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008. That engraving is a central provenance check
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 | 2017–present || Reference auction lots || Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's || Standard panda PN 6239: USD 150K–500K range; RCO 6263: USD 500K–1M+ range || These results are not a general price guide; dial, host reference, provenance and condition differ between lots.
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 == Authentication ==
-Paul Newman authentication is the densest forensic category in vintage Rolex. The canonical English-language treatments are the Phillips Made for Racing essay by James Marks (2018) and the Hodinkee piece by Benjamin Clymer (2013). Jose Pereztroika's Perezcope dossiers on the Neanderthal 6240, the Albino 6263, and the Unicorn 6265 cover disputed authenticity cases in adjacent categories, and the failure modes they document apply to Paul Newman authentication as well.
+Paul Newman authentication is the densest forensic category in vintage Rolex. The main English-language references are the Phillips Made for Racing essay by James Marks (2018) and the Hodinkee piece by Benjamin Clymer (2013). Jose Pereztroika's Perezcope dossiers on the Neanderthal 6240, the Albino 6263, and the Unicorn 6265 cover disputed authenticity cases in adjacent categories, and the failure modes they document apply to Paul Newman authentication as well.
-Authentication starts at the dial back and the print. The Singer stamp style has to match the mark period it claims, the sub-dial crosshairs and 15/30/45 numerals have to be original printing rather than later additions, and the case serial range has to line up with the dial generation. The catch is that service-replacement Paul Newman dials exist as factory product, so a correct service dial reads identically to an original-delivery dial under the loupe; provenance documentation does the rest of the work.
+Authentication starts at the dial back and the print. The Singer stamp style has to match the mark period it claims, the sub-dial crosshairs and 15/30/45 numerals have to be original printing rather than later additions, and the case serial range has to line up with the dial generation. Factory service replacements complicate the comparison: a correct service dial can read like an original-delivery dial under the loupe, so provenance and service records matter.
 == Disputed examples ==