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== Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ==

The Cosmograph Daytona is Rolex's chronograph line and the family that now anchors the brand's collector market. Rolex ~~introduced~~ it in 1963, ran the manual-wind generation ~~through~~ 1988, ~~moved~~ to Zenith-based ~~automatic watches in 1988~~, and ~~introduced~~ the in-house cal 4130 in 2000.

The Cosmograph Daytona is Rolex's chronograph line and the family that now anchors the brand's collector market. Rolex launched it in 1963, ran the manual-wind generation to 1988, switched to Zenith-based automatics that same year, and brought the movement in-house with cal 4130 in 2000.

The map runs in four blocks: the 6238 Pre-Daytona, then the manual-wind Daytona from 1963 to 1988, the Zenith automatic from 1988 to 2000, and the in-house 4130 era from 2000 to 2016. Current ceramic-era production sits outside this page.

Origins ~~(1937–1963)~~ sit on a dedicated page. The Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs that hand the layout to the [[Reference:6239|6239]] are tracked under [[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|pre-Daytona chronographs]].

Origins from 1937 to 1963 sit on a dedicated page. The Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs that hand the layout to the [[Reference:6239|6239]] are tracked under [[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|pre-Daytona chronographs]].

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== Manual-wind chronograph (1962–1988) ==

This is the Valjoux 72 era. Rolex first sold the 6238 as the Pre-Daytona, then moved the ~~tachymeter~~ to the bezel on the 6239. ~~The 6240 introduced screw~~-down pushers and the Oyster case~~. The~~ 6241 kept pump pushers ~~with~~ an acrylic bezel insert. ~~The~~ 6262 and 6264 ~~were brief transitional references~~, ~~then~~ the 6263 and 6265 ~~ran~~ the manual-wind line out to 1988 on caliber 727.

This is the Valjoux 72 era. Rolex first sold the 6238 as the Pre-Daytona, then moved the tachymetre to the bezel on the 6239. Screw-down pushers and the Oyster case arrived with the 6240, while the 6241 kept pump pushers behind an acrylic bezel insert. After the brief transitional 6262 and 6264, the 6263 and 6265 carried the manual-wind line out to 1988 on caliber 727.

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== Variant spotlights ==

Headline and disputed variants get their own pages, where provenance, authentication~~, and auction history can be tracked in~~ full:

Headline and disputed variants get their own pages, where the provenance and the authentication arguments run at full length:

* [[Reference:paul-newman-daytona|Paul Newman Daytona]]: the exotic dial family across six manual-wind host references (6239 / 6241 / 6262 / 6263 / 6264 / 6265). Mk1–Mk4 progression, five color types, RCO / Oyster Sotto, JPS, Lemon. Newman's own 6239 at USD 17,752,500 (Phillips Winning Icons, October 2017) and Big Red 6263 at USD 5,475,000 (Phillips NY, December 2020).

* [[Reference:albino-daytona|Albino 6263]]: the white-on-white monochromatic dial; three documented examples; three-way Hodinkee / Perezcope / Sotheby's ~~authenticity dispute~~; Clapton provenance arc from USD 50,190 (Christie's 2003) to USD 952,500 (Sotheby's Abu Dhabi 2025).

* [[Reference:albino-daytona|Albino 6263]]: the white-on-white monochromatic dial; three documented examples; three-way authenticity dispute between Hodinkee, Jose Pereztroika of Perezcope, and Sotheby's; Clapton provenance arc from USD 50,190 (Christie's 2003) to USD 952,500 (Sotheby's Abu Dhabi 2025).

* [[Reference:unicorn-daytona|Unicorn 6265]]: the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Daytona; Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 headline at CHF 5,937,500; ~~Perezcope~~ 2022 Frankenstein dossier disputing authenticity with 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher forensics.

* [[Reference:unicorn-daytona|Unicorn 6265]]: the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Daytona; Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 headline at CHF 5,937,500; Pereztroika's 2022 Frankenstein dossier disputing authenticity with 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher forensics.

* [[Reference:big-red-daytona|Big Red 6263]]: standard / Floating Big Red / Small Red variants; Paul Newman's own Big Red, its caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch for him in 1983. Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008, and it sold at Phillips NY in December 2020 for USD 5,475,000.

* [[Reference:neanderthal-daytona|Neanderthal 6240]]: Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 presented this as the earliest Paul Newman prototype, sold CHF 3,012,500. ~~Perezcope~~'s November 2022 dossier disputes the prototype framing using the April 1998 ''Orologi & Market'' page 44 as contemporaneous evidence of a post-production construction.

* [[Reference:neanderthal-daytona|Neanderthal 6240]]: Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 presented this as the earliest Paul Newman prototype, sold CHF 3,012,500. Pereztroika's November 2022 dossier disputes the prototype framing using the April 1998 ''Orologi & Market'' page 44 as contemporaneous evidence of a post-production construction.

* [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|Oyster Sotto / RCO 6263]]: the rarest standard-production Paul Newman layout, with ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER text stack (OYSTER below Cosmograph rather than above). First Paul Newman to breach seven figures at Christie's Lesson One in 2013; hammered CHF 1,662,500 at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018.

== Reference guides ==

~~Cross-family material~~ that applies across every Daytona reference:

Material that applies across every Daytona reference:

* [[Reference:Bracelets|Bracelets]]: the 7205, 7836, 78350, 78360, 78390, 78490, 8385, 93150 fitments and clasp date-code key (A=1976 to CP=2011, with the 1995–98 overlap).

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 == Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ==
-The Cosmograph Daytona is Rolex's chronograph line and the family that now anchors the brand's collector market. Rolex introduced it in 1963, ran the manual-wind generation through 1988, moved to Zenith-based automatic watches in 1988, and introduced the in-house cal 4130 in 2000.
+The Cosmograph Daytona is Rolex's chronograph line and the family that now anchors the brand's collector market. Rolex launched it in 1963, ran the manual-wind generation to 1988, switched to Zenith-based automatics that same year, and brought the movement in-house with cal 4130 in 2000.
 The map runs in four blocks: the 6238 Pre-Daytona, then the manual-wind Daytona from 1963 to 1988, the Zenith automatic from 1988 to 2000, and the in-house 4130 era from 2000 to 2016. Current ceramic-era production sits outside this page.
-Origins (1937–1963) sit on a dedicated page. The Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs that hand the layout to the [[Reference:6239|6239]] are tracked under [[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|pre-Daytona chronographs]].
+Origins from 1937 to 1963 sit on a dedicated page. The Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs that hand the layout to the [[Reference:6239|6239]] are tracked under [[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|pre-Daytona chronographs]].
 [[File:Daytona vintage poster.webp|thumb|center|400px|alt=Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line|Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line]]
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 == Manual-wind chronograph (1962–1988) ==
-This is the Valjoux 72 era. Rolex first sold the 6238 as the Pre-Daytona, then moved the tachymeter to the bezel on the 6239. The 6240 introduced screw-down pushers and the Oyster case. The 6241 kept pump pushers with an acrylic bezel insert. The 6262 and 6264 were brief transitional references, then the 6263 and 6265 ran the manual-wind line out to 1988 on caliber 727.
+This is the Valjoux 72 era. Rolex first sold the 6238 as the Pre-Daytona, then moved the tachymetre to the bezel on the 6239. Screw-down pushers and the Oyster case arrived with the 6240, while the 6241 kept pump pushers behind an acrylic bezel insert. After the brief transitional 6262 and 6264, the 6263 and 6265 carried the manual-wind line out to 1988 on caliber 727.
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 == Variant spotlights ==
-Headline and disputed variants get their own pages, where provenance, authentication, and auction history can be tracked in full:
+Headline and disputed variants get their own pages, where the provenance and the authentication arguments run at full length:
 * [[Reference:paul-newman-daytona|Paul Newman Daytona]]: the exotic dial family across six manual-wind host references (6239 / 6241 / 6262 / 6263 / 6264 / 6265). Mk1–Mk4 progression, five color types, RCO / Oyster Sotto, JPS, Lemon. Newman's own 6239 at USD 17,752,500 (Phillips Winning Icons, October 2017) and Big Red 6263 at USD 5,475,000 (Phillips NY, December 2020).
-* [[Reference:albino-daytona|Albino 6263]]: the white-on-white monochromatic dial; three documented examples; three-way Hodinkee / Perezcope / Sotheby's authenticity dispute; Clapton provenance arc from USD 50,190 (Christie's 2003) to USD 952,500 (Sotheby's Abu Dhabi 2025).
+* [[Reference:albino-daytona|Albino 6263]]: the white-on-white monochromatic dial; three documented examples; three-way authenticity dispute between Hodinkee, Jose Pereztroika of Perezcope, and Sotheby's; Clapton provenance arc from USD 50,190 (Christie's 2003) to USD 952,500 (Sotheby's Abu Dhabi 2025).
-* [[Reference:unicorn-daytona|Unicorn 6265]]: the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Daytona; Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 headline at CHF 5,937,500; Perezcope 2022 Frankenstein dossier disputing authenticity with 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher forensics.
+* [[Reference:unicorn-daytona|Unicorn 6265]]: the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Daytona; Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 headline at CHF 5,937,500; Pereztroika's 2022 Frankenstein dossier disputing authenticity with 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher forensics.
 * [[Reference:big-red-daytona|Big Red 6263]]: standard / Floating Big Red / Small Red variants; Paul Newman's own Big Red, its caseback engraved "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" by Joanne Woodward, who bought the watch for him in 1983. Newman gave it to his daughter Clea Newman Soderlund in 2008, and it sold at Phillips NY in December 2020 for USD 5,475,000.
-* [[Reference:neanderthal-daytona|Neanderthal 6240]]: Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 presented this as the earliest Paul Newman prototype, sold CHF 3,012,500. Perezcope's November 2022 dossier disputes the prototype framing using the April 1998 ''Orologi & Market'' page 44 as contemporaneous evidence of a post-production construction.
+* [[Reference:neanderthal-daytona|Neanderthal 6240]]: Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 presented this as the earliest Paul Newman prototype, sold CHF 3,012,500. Pereztroika's November 2022 dossier disputes the prototype framing using the April 1998 ''Orologi & Market'' page 44 as contemporaneous evidence of a post-production construction.
 * [[Reference:oyster-sotto-daytona|Oyster Sotto / RCO 6263]]: the rarest standard-production Paul Newman layout, with ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER text stack (OYSTER below Cosmograph rather than above). First Paul Newman to breach seven figures at Christie's Lesson One in 2013; hammered CHF 1,662,500 at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018.
 == Reference guides ==
-Cross-family material that applies across every Daytona reference:
+Material that applies across every Daytona reference:
 * [[Reference:Bracelets|Bracelets]]: the 7205, 7836, 78350, 78360, 78390, 78490, 8385, 93150 fitments and clasp date-code key (A=1976 to CP=2011, with the 1995–98 overlap).