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|description=Sibling reference to the 6263, distinguished by an engraved metal tachymetre bezel rather than acrylic insert. Hosts the Unicorn 18k white gold (Phillips 2018, CHF 5.9M), Lemon dial in gold and platinum, and Sultan of Oman Khanjar.
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The 6265 is the metal-tachymetre-bezel Oyster Daytona, longer-lived sibling of the 6263 across the 1971–1988 manual-wind window. The 6263 carries an acrylic black bezel insert; the 6265 carries an engraved metal bezel with the tachymetre scale cut directly into the steel or precious metal. Past that single decision the two references share movement, case, crystal, crown, pushers, dial chronology, and bracelet fitment. Seventeen years on price lists put the 6265 at the centre of every gold, platinum, and retailer-signed branch of the screw-pusher era.
The 6265 is the metal-tachymetre-bezel Oyster Daytona and the sibling of the 6263 across the 1971–1988 manual-wind period. The 6263 carries an acrylic black bezel insert; the 6265 carries an engraved metal bezel with the tachymetre scale cut directly into the steel or precious-metal bezel. The two references share the movement, case, crystal, crown, pushers, dial chronology, and documented bracelet fitments.


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== Where it sits in the line ==
== Where it sits in the line ==


The screw-pusher Oyster Daytona arrives in the 1971 catalogue as a paired launch: 6263 on the acrylic bezel insert, 6265 on the engraved metal bezel. Both replace the brief 1970–1972 transitional pair (6262 on metal, 6264 on acrylic) which had run pump pushers off the carry-over 6239 / 6241 case while the new screw-pusher cases were being readied. After 1972 the manual-wind Daytona is two references for sixteen further years, and the choice between them is the bezel.
The screw-pusher Oyster Daytona arrives in the 1971 catalogue as a paired launch: 6263 on the acrylic bezel insert, 6265 on the engraved metal bezel. Both replace the brief 1970–1972 transitional pair (6262 on metal, 6264 on acrylic) which had run pump pushers off the carry-over 6239 / 6241 case while the new screw-pusher cases were being readied. After 1972 the manual-wind Daytona continued in these two references for sixteen further years. The bezel is the principal reference-level difference.


The shared spec sheet does the work the eye does not. Both run cal 727 at 21,600 vph in 37mm Oyster cases with 19mm lugs and Twinlock crowns. Both step through dial generations in lockstep, Mk1 standard Cosmograph, Sigma, Big Red, Small Red, and both end in 1988 when the cal 4030 16520 launches at Baselworld.
Both references run cal 727 at 21,600 vph in 37mm Oyster cases with 19mm lugs and Twinlock crowns. Their documented dial groupings run from standard Cosmograph and Sigma layouts through Big Red and Small Red, before the automatic 16520 replaced them in 1988.


The metal-bezel position carries different commercial weight. Yellow gold, white gold, and platinum 6265s exist; the same materials in 6263 case form are far scarcer, and several have no documented example at all. The retailer-signed canon (Tiffany, Beyer, Cartier) and the documented military deliveries (Sultan of Oman Khanjar) cluster on the 6265 case more often than the 6263. The single most expensive vintage Daytona ever sold at auction, the Unicorn, is a 6265.
Yellow-gold, white-gold, and platinum 6265 examples are documented, as are retailer-signed and state-commissioned dials. The Sultan of Oman Khanjar examples are presentation or commission watches; calling them military deliveries overstates what the published cataloguing establishes. Phillips presents the white-gold watch known as the Unicorn as the only known white-gold manual-wind Daytona; Perezcope disputes whether the assembled watch is original. That authentication question remains open.


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Production runs 1971 through 1988 per Erik Slaven's Monochrome family history (2024) and ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual''. The cal 727 is unchanged across the run, the case unchanged in basic geometry. What moves is the dial, the bezel font detail, and the bracelet generation.
Production runs 1971 through 1988 per Erik Slaven's Monochrome family history (2024) and ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual''. The cal 727 is unchanged across the run, the case unchanged in basic geometry. What moves is the dial, the bezel font detail, and the bracelet generation.


The dial chronology breaks into four broad phases. Early production (1971 into roughly 1972) carries the Mk1 standard Cosmograph dial: black or silver-white, no Sigma marks, no red Daytona text. The Sigma era (~1972–1978) adds the small Greek sigma symbols flanking SWISS at 6 o'clock. Big Red production opens around 1976 and runs through the late period, with DAYTONA in red script above the 6 o'clock totaliser. Small Red is the late variant, the same red Daytona text rendered in a noticeably smaller font.
The dial chronology is usually described in four broad phases. Early production (1971 into roughly 1972) carries the Mk1 standard Cosmograph dial: black or silver-white, no Sigma marks, and no red Daytona text. The Sigma period is generally placed around 1972–1978 and adds small Greek sigma symbols flanking SWISS at 6 o'clock. Big Red dials appear from the mid-1970s into the later period, with DAYTONA in red above the 6 o'clock totaliser. Small Red is a later red-text layout with a smaller DAYTONA wordmark. These are collector groupings, not a Rolex-published production schedule.


Per-reference 6265 production totals are not published by Rolex. ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' does not break out Daytona totals; Pucci Papaleo's ''Rolex Daytona, A Legend is Born'' works at dial-mark and lot level rather than volume. Any specific 6265 total is collector estimation.
Per-reference 6265 production totals are not published by Rolex. ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' does not break out Daytona totals; Pucci Papaleo's ''Rolex Daytona, A Legend is Born'' works at dial-mark and lot level rather than volume. Any specific 6265 total is collector estimation.
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== Movement notes ==
== Movement notes ==


The cal 727 is Rolex's last manual-wind chronograph caliber, and the 6263 / 6265 pair runs it from launch to discontinuation. The base is Valjoux 72, the same base that powered the Daytona from the 6238 / 6239 forward, at the higher 21,600 vph (3 Hz) frequency that distinguishes the 727 from the 722 / 722-1 generation. The frequency lift from 18,000 to 21,600 vph happened at the 722 → 727 transition around 1969–1970 and carries unchanged through 1988. The movement is non-COSC, 17 jewels, 48-hour reserve, no hack, no quickset.
The cal 727 is the manual-wind chronograph used in the 6263 and 6265 for the screw-pusher run. It is a Rolex-modified Valjoux 72 base, running at 21,600 vph (3 Hz), rather than the 18,000 vph rate of earlier 722-series Daytona movements. Published references commonly give 17 jewels and about 48 hours of reserve. It is non-COSC, has no hacking seconds, and has no quick-set function.


Caliber-stamping forensics matter. Jose Pereztroika's 2022 Perezcope dossier flags that the older "7-2-7" hyphenated stamp on the bridge appears on examples that should carry the cleaner "727" stamp introduced later. The Unicorn's movement carries the older "7-2-7" stamp on a serial range where neighbouring movements already use the newer style. A cal 727 with the wrong stamp for its case-number neighbourhood is a movement that has been swapped or assembled from older parts. Cross-link: [[Reference:Movements#cal-727]].
Caliber-stamping forensics matter. Jose Pereztroika's 2022 Perezcope dossier flags that the older "7-2-7" hyphenated stamp on the bridge appears on examples that should carry the cleaner "727" stamp introduced later. The Unicorn's movement carries the older "7-2-7" stamp on a serial range where neighbouring movements already use the newer style. A cal 727 with the wrong stamp for its case-number neighbourhood is a movement that has been swapped or assembled from older parts. Cross-link: [[Reference:Movements#cal-727]].
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| 2.5M-3.0M (~1971-1973) || 1971-1973 || Mk1 standard, Cosmograph || tritium || 7835 || 271 || Early production. Pump-pusher-era 6262 superseded by screw-pusher 6265 starting 1971.
| 2.5M-3.0M (observed early band) || 1971-1973 || Mk1 standard, Cosmograph || tritium || 7835 || 271 || Selected early examples; this is not a complete serial-to-year chart.
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| 5.0M-6.5M (~1976-1978) || 1976-1978 || Sigma, Small Red transitional || tritium || 7835, 78350 (transitional) || 271 || Sigma dial era ~1972-1978. Bracelet upgrade 7835 → 78350 tracks the parallel 6263 bracelet upgrade.
| 5.0M-6.5M (observed mid-run band) || 1976-1978 || Sigma and later red-text layouts || tritium || 7835, 78350 (documented fitments) || 271 || Selected auction observations; Sigma boundaries and bracelet changeover are approximate.
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| 8.0M+ (post-1983) || 1983-1988 || Big Red, Small Red || tritium || 78350 || 271 || Late Big Red / Small Red era. Sotheby's 2020 lot documents an R-serial yellow gold 6265 in this batch with engraved gold bezel. Final manual-wind production before 1988 16520 succession.
| 8.0M+ (late observed band) || 1983-1988 || Big Red and Small Red || tritium || 78350 || 271 || Selected late examples; final manual-wind period before the automatic 16520.
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The 6265 carries the same dial families as the 6263 across the same windows, and the chronology is one of the densest in vintage Rolex. The standard variants in the table below cover the bulk of production; the Paul Newman branches and precious-metal exotics cover the auction tier.
The 6265 carries the same broad dial families as the 6263, but surviving examples do not establish a complete production map. The tables below are a working guide to documented variants; the serial bands are observations, not factory cutoffs.


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Collector consensus places the Sigma window at roughly 1972–1978. Pereztroika's Perezcope forensic database places the introduction of the ROC Daytona Sigma dial around case-number 3.0 million (1972) and the Mk 2 Sigma variant around 3.5 million (1975). The edges are approximate and the Mk-mark sub-divisions are a working scaffold rather than a settled chronology.
Collector consensus places the Sigma window at roughly 1972–1978. Pereztroika's Perezcope forensic database places the introduction of the ROC Daytona Sigma dial around case-number 3.0 million (1972) and the Mk 2 Sigma variant around 3.5 million (1975). The edges are approximate and the Mk-mark sub-divisions are a working scaffold rather than a settled chronology.


Paul Newman dials sit on the 6265 case across the same Mk1 through Mk4 progression that defines the 6263 PN canon, tracking the same Singer dial modifications (block versus thinner indices, square versus circle minute markers, cross-hair detail at the chronograph subdial centre) documented in the Hodinkee Reference Points and Revolution surveys. PN 6265 examples are scarcer than PN 6263 examples; when collectors say "Paul Newman Daytona" in the screw-pusher era, the implicit case is the 6263.
Collector literature applies the Paul Newman or exotic-dial label to some 6265 examples and describes the same broad Singer-dial changes seen on 6263 examples. Each 6265 needs its own dial and case evidence; a 6263 comparison does not prove a 6265's originality. The 6263 is the more common reference when auction catalogues use the unqualified phrase "Paul Newman Daytona."


The Rolex Cosmograph Oyster (RCO, also "Oyster Sotto") dial reads "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" at 12 with OYSTER printed below the Cosmograph line rather than above it. RCO is documented on both 6263 and 6265 and is rarer on the 6265. The Oyster Sotto 6263 took the headline at Phillips Daytona Lesson One in 2013 and again at Daytona Ultimatum in 2018; the RCO 6265 surfaces much less frequently.
The Rolex Cosmograph Oyster (RCO, also "Oyster Sotto") dial reads "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" at 12 with OYSTER printed below the Cosmograph line rather than above it. RCO is documented on both 6263 and 6265 and is rarer on the 6265. The Oyster Sotto 6263 took the headline at Phillips Daytona Lesson One in 2013 and again at Daytona Ultimatum in 2018; the RCO 6265 surfaces much less frequently.


The Lemon dial is yellow lacquer over the entire dial surface, fitted to the rare gold and platinum 6265 cases. Documentation is thin. Beyer-signed and Tiffany-signed examples surface in the published canon but no count has been formally enumerated. Bob Ridley's 2017 Revolution JPS piece records that Paul Newman dials were not fitted to gold screw-pusher Daytonas and that the rare gold 6263 PN is always the Lemon variant; the same logic carries to gold 6265 production.
The Lemon dial is a yellow lacquer dial reported on rare gold and platinum 6265 examples. Documentation is thin: published examples include retailer-signed watches, but no reliable production count has been established. The Paul Newman dial evidence for 6241 and 6263 should not be extended to every gold 6265 without a lot-level source.


Retailer-signed dials from Tiffany & Co., Beyer Zürich, and Cartier appear on the 6265 as a rare branch, with the signature line printed below ROLEX at 12 or above the 6 subdial depending on retailer practice. Tiffany examples are the most cited.
Retailer-signed dials from Tiffany & Co., Beyer Zürich, and Cartier are documented on the 6265. The signature appears below ROLEX at 12 or above the 6 o’clock subdial, depending on the retailer. Tiffany examples are the most cited.


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=== The Unicorn, white gold 6265 ===
=== The Unicorn, white gold 6265 ===


The 6265 case in 18k white gold (case number 2877587) is the only known vintage white gold manual-wind Daytona. Manufactured 1970, delivered 1971 to a German retailer as a one-off special order (Phillips lot essay; SJX preview, 2018). John Goldberger (Auro Montanari) owned the watch; Phillips sold it at Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018) for CHF 5,937,500, the headline lot of the auction and at the time the second most expensive Rolex sold at public auction.
Phillips and Goldberger identify the 18k white-gold case (2877587) as the only known vintage white-gold manual-wind Daytona. The watch was made in 1970 and delivered in 1971 to a German retailer as a special order (Phillips lot essay; SJX preview, 2018). John Goldberger (Auro Montanari) owned it before Phillips offered it at Daytona Ultimatum in Geneva on 12 May 2018. Perezcope disputes whether the assembled watch is original; see the authentication note below.


The Unicorn dispute sits inside the 6265 story whether one likes it or not. Phillips and Goldberger treat it as the only authentic white-gold manual-wind Daytona with later period-correct service parts. Perezcope argues it is a Frankenstein built around a real case. Both readings remain on the record.
Phillips and Goldberger present the Unicorn as the only known white-gold manual-wind Daytona and note later period-correct service parts. Perezcope argues that the watch was reconstructed around a genuine case. Both descriptions should be attributed when the watch is discussed.


=== Lemon dial 6265 in gold and platinum ===
=== Lemon dial 6265 in gold and platinum ===


Any specific Lemon 6265 needs lot-level provenance to stand. The platinum case is rare enough on its own that an authenticated platinum 6265 with a Lemon dial moves the watch into Unicorn-adjacent territory at auction.
Any specific Lemon 6265 needs lot-level provenance. A platinum case and a yellow lacquer dial should be documented separately, with the case, dial, and provenance checked against the cited lot; no production total follows from one example.


=== JPS yellow gold 6265 ===
=== JPS yellow gold 6265 ===


The John Player Special framing, black-and-gold dial in the Lotus F1 livery, was the marketing nickname for the 14k yellow gold 6241 Paul Newman (Ridley, Revolution). Collectors carry the framing onto gold 6265 examples sharing the colour palette, though the canonical JPS Daytona is the 6241 case.
The John Player Special nickname belongs primarily to the black-and-gold 14k yellow-gold 6241. A gold 6265 with a similar colour scheme may be described that way in collecting discussions, but the 6241 is the documented reference for the canonical JPS Daytona.


=== Sultan of Oman Khanjar 6265 ===
=== Sultan of Oman Khanjar 6265 ===
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Some 6265 examples carry the Sultan of Oman's red Khanjar (curved dagger) emblem above the 6 o'clock subdial. The parallel UAE-emblem 6263 ("Quraysh Hawk") sold at Daytona Ultimatum 2018 on an estimate of CHF 200,000–400,000 on the strength of UAE armed-forces provenance; Khanjar 6265s have surfaced at Christie's and Phillips Geneva at a similar tier.
Some 6265 examples carry the Sultan of Oman's red Khanjar (curved dagger) emblem above the 6 o'clock subdial. The parallel UAE-emblem 6263 ("Quraysh Hawk") was catalogued in the Daytona Ultimatum sale with UAE armed-forces provenance. Auction references and forensic writing discuss Khanjar 6265 examples, but the number of watches and the original commissioning route are not established by a factory record.


The Oman commissions reached Rolex through Asprey London, which held its own Khanjar cliché and stamped many of the dials in-house from "clean" dials supplied by Rolex without the chronometer text. Asprey-stamped 6265 examples typically carry an "Asprey" engraving on the caseback alongside the Khanjar dial, Antiquorum has catalogued the configuration as "Rolex for Asprey, ref. 6265, black dial with 'Oman' or 'Khanjar Crest' emblem." Jose Pereztroika's May 2025 forensic post on a faked red Khanjar 6265 dial documents the most current authentication problem on this branch: an Asprey-cased 6265 that originally left the factory with a "Sigma" black dial later resurfaced with a freshly applied red Khanjar dial of poor printing quality. Treat any red Khanjar 6265 without continuous photographic provenance from a major auction with caution; the case-and-engraving combination is easier to assemble than a period-correct dial.
Perezcope argues that some Oman dials were applied through the Asprey channel to otherwise standard watches, and that an Asprey caseback engraving alone does not prove an original dial. Its 2025 forensic example describes a 6265 that reportedly began with a Sigma dial and later appeared with a poorly printed red Khanjar dial. Treat those conclusions as source-attributed authentication analysis, not as a complete production history.


=== Libyan Army and Gaddafi-signature 6265 ===
=== Libyan Army and Gaddafi-signature 6265 ===


A separate institutional branch carries Libyan dial markings, distinct from the Asprey/Oman commissions and reaching Rolex through a different channel after Muammar Gaddafi's 1969 coup. The most documented example is a 6265 with a Gaddafi-signature dial sold at Antiquorum's Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces sale (Geneva, Mandarin Oriental, 12 May 2013) for CHF 128,500 hammer; Norma Buchanan's WatchTime coverage of that sale records the result and the Libyan-state provenance. Plain Libyan Army crest dials (without the signature) appear on a handful of additional 6265s and on later Datejust references such as the 16250, Antiquorum catalogued a 1979 16250 with a Libyan Army logo dial in its June 2008 Hong Kong sale. A red monochromatic Libyan Air Force crest is rarer still. Gaddafi himself was never photographed wearing the signed Daytona, and the prevailing reading is that the watch left state hands as a gift rather than being worn by the head of state. The Libyan branch should not be conflated with the Asprey/Oman Khanjar branch above: different commissioning state, different retailer chain, different dial layout, and, for the signature variant, a one-off rather than a small numbered run.
A separate institutional branch carries Libyan dial markings. Antiquorum catalogued a 6265 with a Gaddafi-signature dial in Geneva in 2013, and auction coverage records the Libyan-state provenance and result. Additional Libyan crest dials are reported, but the surviving public record does not establish a complete run or prove that Gaddafi personally wore the signed watch. Keep this branch separate from the Oman Khanjar commissions: the markings, provenance claims, and authentication questions differ.


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Aurel Bacs's first-person memory of the screw-pusher Daytonas in the mid-to-late 1980s, recorded in the A Collected Man interview, is the baseline: dealers offered 6263s and 6265s at fifteen percent below list because the watches "couldn't give them away." That floor is the line against which the modern Daytona market has appreciated.
Aurel Bacs's first-person memory of the screw-pusher Daytonas in the mid-to-late 1980s, recorded in the A Collected Man interview, is the baseline: dealers offered 6263s and 6265s at fifteen percent below list because the watches "couldn't give them away." That floor is the line against which the modern Daytona market has appreciated.


Phillips's Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018), curated by Pucci Papaleo with Bacs at the rostrum, is the modern reset for screw-pusher Daytona pricing. The Unicorn 6265 sold at CHF 5,937,500 as the headline lot, second most expensive Rolex at auction at that point. Other manual-wind Daytonas in the same sale set comparable benchmarks: the Neanderthal 6240 at CHF 3,012,500, the Oyster Sotto 6263 at CHF 1,662,500.
Phillips's Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018), curated by Pucci Papaleo with Bacs at the rostrum, recorded the white-gold Unicorn at CHF 5,937,500 including premium. Other manual-wind Daytonas in the same sale set separate comparables: the Neanderthal 6240 at CHF 3,012,500 and the Oyster Sotto 6263 at CHF 1,662,500. Those results describe individual lots, not a universal 6265 price scale.


Gold 6265 pricing carries a meaningful premium over comparable steel examples but does not approach Unicorn-tier figures. Orrico's Sotheby's "Gold Standard" piece frames the 14k yellow gold 6265 from 1978 as the rarer of the gold Daytona pair and positions it as a six-figure auction watch in clean condition with documented provenance.
Sotheby's has documented 14k yellow-gold 6265 examples, including a 1978 watch with an engraved gold bezel. That lot establishes a configuration and an auction estimate; it is not a general price rule for every gold 6265.


The Big Red and Small Red dial branches drive the steel-6265 market. Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red sold at Phillips New York in December 2020 for USD 5.48M total, third most valuable Rolex at auction at that date; the result, while a 6263, anchors the Big Red typology the 6265 shares.
Paul Newman's 6263 Big Red sold at Phillips New York in December 2020 for USD 5.48M including premium. That is evidence for the market around a 6263, not a direct price guide for a 6265.


== Related references ==
== Related references ==
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See also the [[Reference:daytona|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].
See also the [[Reference:daytona|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].
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Ref 6265 hero.webp|6265 screw-pusher Daytona with engraved metal bezel
Ref 6265 unicorn-white-gold-phillips.webp|Phillips catalogue view of the white-gold 6265
Ref 6265 unicorn-perezcope-counter.webp|Case and movement details discussed in the authentication record
Ref 6265 movement-cal-727.webp|Rolex calibre 727 movement
Ref 6265 government-oman-khanjar.webp|6265 with a red Oman Khanjar dial
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* [https://www.vintagedaytona.com/en/reference-guide "VintageDaytona reference guide", VintageDaytona.com]
* [https://www.vintagedaytona.com/en/reference-guide "VintageDaytona reference guide", VintageDaytona.com]
* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080318 Pucci Papaleo (curator); Aurel Bacs (auctioneer), "Phillips, Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018)", Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, 2018-05-12]
* [https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080318 Pucci Papaleo (curator); Aurel Bacs (auctioneer), "Phillips, Daytona Ultimatum (Geneva, 12 May 2018)", Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, 2018-05-12]
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/32123227/auction-results-daytona-ultimatum "Auction Results: Daytona Ultimatum", Phillips, 2018-05-12]
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/30067876/only-known-white-gold-rolex-daytona-reference-6265 Logan Baker, "The Only Known Vintage White Gold Rolex Daytona Reference 6265", Phillips, 2018-05]
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/30067876/only-known-white-gold-rolex-daytona-reference-6265 Logan Baker, "The Only Known Vintage White Gold Rolex Daytona Reference 6265", Phillips, 2018-05]
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/150046101/manual-wind-rolex-daytonas-phillips-november-2024 Logan Baker, "A Round-Up of 14 Manual-Wind Rolex Daytonas in the Geneva Watch Auction XX", Phillips, 2024-11]
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/150046101/manual-wind-rolex-daytonas-phillips-november-2024 Logan Baker, "A Round-Up of 14 Manual-Wind Rolex Daytonas in the Geneva Watch Auction XX", Phillips, 2024-11]
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* [https://perezcope.com/2022/12/31/rolex-daytona-6265-the-unicorn-frankenstein-plot/ Jose Pereztroika, "Rolex Daytona 6265, The "Unicorn" Frankenstein Plot", Perezcope, 2022-12-31]
* [https://perezcope.com/2022/12/31/rolex-daytona-6265-the-unicorn-frankenstein-plot/ Jose Pereztroika, "Rolex Daytona 6265, The "Unicorn" Frankenstein Plot", Perezcope, 2022-12-31]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/vintage-rolex-daytona-the-gold-standard Karyn Orrico, "Vintage Rolex Daytona: The Gold Standard", Sotheby's, 2024-12-17]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/vintage-rolex-daytona-the-gold-standard Karyn Orrico, "Vintage Rolex Daytona: The Gold Standard", Sotheby's, 2024-12-17]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/buy/a9fa7401-2c99-4ca0-a70d-378013288007/lots/35cdd4b9-84fc-4a96-9507-af82ec663a62 "Daytona, Reference 6265", Sotheby's, circa 1978]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6446784 "18K Gold Daytona Reference 6265 Made for the Sultanate of Oman", Christie's, circa 1974]
* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2018/05/penultimate-picks-from-daytona-ultimatum-at-phillips.html Richard Lee, "Penultimate Picks from Daytona Ultimatum at Phillips", SJX Watches, 2018-05-05]
* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2018/05/penultimate-picks-from-daytona-ultimatum-at-phillips.html Richard Lee, "Penultimate Picks from Daytona Ultimatum at Phillips", SJX Watches, 2018-05-05]
* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2020/12/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-6263-big-red-auction.html Richard Lee, "Breaking News: Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona 6263 "Big Red" Sells for US$5.48m", SJX Watches, 2020-12-13]
* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2020/12/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-6263-big-red-auction.html Richard Lee, "Breaking News: Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona 6263 "Big Red" Sells for US$5.48m", SJX Watches, 2020-12-13]
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