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| Four facts about the Unicorn that set it apart from every other 6265: | | Four facts about the Unicorn that set it apart from every other 6265: |
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| - '''18k white gold case.''' The 6265 was produced in stainless steel, 14k yellow gold, 18k yellow gold, and 950 platinum. The Unicorn is the only documented 18k white gold example. Every other white gold Daytona in the collecting canon is automatic-era (the [[Reference:16519|16519]] on leather strap, the post-2019 white gold ceramic-bezel references out of BezelBase scope).
| | The Unicorn has four practical markers. |
| - '''Case number 2877587.''' A specific, verifiable case number in Rolex's 1970 manufacturing range. Phillips's lot essay confirmed the number against Rolex's manufacturing date.
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| - '''1971 delivery to Germany.''' Documented as a one-off special-order delivery to a German retailer. Phillips's lot essay carried this provenance from Goldberger's collection notes.
| | * 18k white gold case, unique within the manual-wind Daytona line. |
| - '''Sigma dial.''' The watch as it appeared at Phillips carried a Sigma dial (σσ flanking SWISS, gold indices) — a dial type that, per Perezcope's forensic database, was introduced around case number 3.0 million (1972). The Unicorn's 2877587 case number predates the documented Sigma dial introduction by roughly a million serials, per the 2022 dossier.
| | * Case number 2877587, placing it in Rolex's 1970 production band. |
| | * Documented 1971 delivery to Germany. |
| | * A Sigma dial on a case number that predates the usual Sigma window, which is one reason the watch stays under forensic scrutiny. |
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| == The Phillips sale (12 May 2018) == | | == The Phillips sale (12 May 2018) == |