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The Oyster Sotto, also known as the RCO (Rolex Cosmograph Oyster), is the rarest standard-production [[Reference:paul-newman-daytona|Paul Newman]] dial in the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona catalogue. The name describes the dial's distinctive 12 o'clock text layout: instead of the standard "ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH" four-line stack, the Oyster Sotto reads "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" — with OYSTER printed ''below'' the Cosmograph line rather than above it. The Italian collector shorthand translates as "Oyster underneath." The layout is documented only on the screw-pusher Oyster Daytona pair: the [[Reference:6263|6263]] (acrylic bezel insert) and the [[Reference:6265|6265]] (engraved metal tachymetre), both cal 727, both produced from roughly 1969 through 1988. Across the full manual-wind Daytona production run, the Oyster Sotto is documented in far fewer examples than any standard Paul Newman color type.

The category's canonical sales are Christie's "Lesson One" at Geneva in November 2013 — the first Paul Newman to breach seven figures at auction — and Phillips Daytona Ultimatum in May 2018, where an Oyster Sotto 6263 hammered at CHF 1,662,500 including premium.