Reference:6262: Difference between revisions
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Research pass: add four Bonhams auction lots (2012-2017) beyond the single existing Christie tropical citation, including a dual-stamped 6262/6264 case that explains the bezel-material confusion, and a 357 vs 271 end-link discrepancy (src-bonhams-6262-london-2012-paulnewman, src-bonhams-6262-london-2013-original-owner, src-bonhams-6262-6264-london-2014-dualstamp, src-bonhams-6262-london-2017-paulnewman) |
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The scale runs 60–400 units per hour, engraved into a steel bezel insert in the same style as the 6239 and continuing on the metal-bezel screw-pusher 6265. The 6264 carries an acrylic bezel insert in the same configuration as the 6241 and 6263. The metal-versus-acrylic split runs through the entire manual-wind era: the 6239 and 6265 wear engraved metal, the 6240 and 6263 wear acrylic, and the 6262 / 6264 pair carries the choice forward in pump-pusher form. | The scale runs 60–400 units per hour, engraved into a steel bezel insert in the same style as the 6239 and continuing on the metal-bezel screw-pusher 6265. The 6264 carries an acrylic bezel insert in the same configuration as the 6241 and 6263. The metal-versus-acrylic split runs through the entire manual-wind era: the 6239 and 6265 wear engraved metal, the 6240 and 6263 wear acrylic, and the 6262 / 6264 pair carries the choice forward in pump-pusher form. | ||
The bezel-material split has a physical complication worth recording: Rolex genuinely dual-stamped case blanks across this cluster. A Bonhams lot sold in London in June 2014 (£84,100) is catalogued directly as "Ref:6262/6264" — "inner case stamped with reference 6262, body marked with reference 6264" on the same watch. A second Bonhams lot from December 2012 (£55,250), sold as a 6262 Paul Newman, carries a case back "numbered 6239" rather than 6262 at all. A single case-stamp reading is not on its own sufficient to settle which reference a given watch belongs to. | |||
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The 6262 sits across the 7205-to-7835 bracelet transition. Early watches can be on 7205, later ones on 7835, both with end-link 271. The often-repeated “771” reading is just an OCR error for 271. | The 6262 sits across the 7205-to-7835 bracelet transition. Early watches can be on 7205, later ones on 7835, both with end-link 271. The often-repeated “771” reading is just an OCR error for 271. | ||
Two Bonhams-catalogued 6262 Paul Newman examples complicate that figure rather than confirming it cleanly: a December 2012 lot (case back stamped 6239, £55,250) and a June 2013 lot sold by the original owner (£46,850, with original box and a dated guarantee booklet recording retail sale on 6 December 1975 — five years after the 1970 case date) both describe their 7835 bracelets as fitted with "357 end pieces," not 271. Whether 357 denotes a genuine alternate stamp, a bracelet-reference suffix, or a cataloguer reading the same part differently is not resolved here — it is recorded as a documented conflict with the 271 figure, not folded into it. | |||
Clasps date the bracelet, not the watch head. Pre-1976 clasps carry quarterly numeric stamps inside the clasp blade in roman quarter / two-digit year format (“II.71” reads second quarter 1971). The 6262’s three-year run sits entirely in this pre-letter-code era. Both 7205 and 7835 use the small-logo folding clasp generation that ran from 1958 to roughly 1976. For the date-code key and the bracelet generation table, see [[Reference:Bracelets]]. | Clasps date the bracelet, not the watch head. Pre-1976 clasps carry quarterly numeric stamps inside the clasp blade in roman quarter / two-digit year format (“II.71” reads second quarter 1971). The 6262’s three-year run sits entirely in this pre-letter-code era. Both 7205 and 7835 use the small-logo folding clasp generation that ran from 1958 to roughly 1976. For the date-code key and the bracelet generation table, see [[Reference:Bracelets]]. | ||
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The Paul Newman dial appears on the 6262 in much smaller numbers than on the 6263 or 6265. The dial itself is not unique to this reference, so the collector test is whether the exotic dial, the matching pump-pusher case, the cal 727 movement, and the period bracelet all line up as one delivered watch rather than a later marriage. | The Paul Newman dial appears on the 6262 in much smaller numbers than on the 6263 or 6265. The dial itself is not unique to this reference, so the collector test is whether the exotic dial, the matching pump-pusher case, the cal 727 movement, and the period bracelet all line up as one delivered watch rather than a later marriage. | ||
Three documented Paul Newman 6262 examples sit in the Bonhams London record: a December 2012 sale (£55,250, owned from new by a competitive sailor, case back stamped 6239 rather than 6262), the original-owner example from June 2013 above (£46,850), and a family-owned example never before offered at auction, sold in June 2017 in the £70,000–90,000 estimate range. | |||
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The 6262 sits on the scarcer side of the manual-wind Daytona market because the production run was short. Standard examples trade below the Paul Newman tier but above the broader 6239 field, and the big thematic Daytona auctions helped pull the whole category upward. Auction depth is thinner here than on the 6263 and 6265, so single-lot results matter more. The clearest recent datapoint is Christie’s Geneva, 6 November 2023, lot 2043 — a 1970 example with tropical registers, case 2'416'687 — which realised CHF 110,880 against an CHF 88,000–140,000 estimate. | The 6262 sits on the scarcer side of the manual-wind Daytona market because the production run was short. Standard examples trade below the Paul Newman tier but above the broader 6239 field, and the big thematic Daytona auctions helped pull the whole category upward. Auction depth is thinner here than on the 6263 and 6265, so single-lot results matter more. The clearest recent datapoint is Christie’s Geneva, 6 November 2023, lot 2043 — a 1970 example with tropical registers, case 2'416'687 — which realised CHF 110,880 against an CHF 88,000–140,000 estimate. | ||
Four Bonhams lots between 2012 and 2017 give the reference a real trail beyond that single Christie's result. In chronological order: the Paul Newman sold for £55,250 in December 2012 (case back stamped 6239); the original-owner standard Cosmograph sold for £46,850 in June 2013, with its original box and a guarantee booklet dated 6 December 1975; a dual-stamped "Ref:6262/6264" example that sold for £84,100 in June 2014; and the family-owned Paul Newman that sold in the £70,000–90,000 range in June 2017. | |||
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* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-first-rolex-daytona-by-benjamin-clymer Historical Perspectives: The Very First Rolex Daytona, Explained (Or, What Is A Double-Swiss Underline Daytona?)] — Benjamin Clymer, Hodinkee | * [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-first-rolex-daytona-by-benjamin-clymer Historical Perspectives: The Very First Rolex Daytona, Explained (Or, What Is A Double-Swiss Underline Daytona?)] — Benjamin Clymer, Hodinkee | ||
* [https://www.phillips.com/article/42015509/made-for-racing-rolex-and-the-daytona Made For Racing: Rolex and the Daytona] — James Marks, Phillips | * [https://www.phillips.com/article/42015509/made-for-racing-rolex-and-the-daytona Made For Racing: Rolex and the Daytona] — James Marks, Phillips | ||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19810/lot/238/rolex-a-fine-and-rare-stainless-steel-chronograph-bracelet-watchpaul-newman-oyster-cosmograph-daytona-ref6262-serial-no255-circa-1970/ 'Paul Newman' Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Ref:6262 — Bonhams lot 19810/238] (Bonhams, 2012) | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/20747/lot/328/rolex-a-fine-and-rare-stainless-steel-manual-wind-chronograph-bracelet-watch-together-with-original-box-and-guaranteecosmograph-daytona-ref6262-serial-no273-made-1970-sold-6th-december-1975/ Cosmograph Daytona Ref:6262, original owner with box and guarantee — Bonhams lot 20747/328] (Bonhams, 2013) | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21920/lot/176/rolex-a-fine-and-rare-stainless-steel-manual-wind-chronograph-bracelet-watch-cosmograph-daytona-ref62626264-serial-no241-circa-1971/ Cosmograph Daytona Ref:6262/6264 dual-stamped case — Bonhams lot 21920/176] (Bonhams, 2014) | |||
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24232/lot/157/rolex-a-fine-and-rare-stainless-steel-manual-wind-chronograph-bracelet-watch-cosmograph-daytona-paul-newman-ref-6262-circa-1970/ Cosmograph Daytona 'Paul Newman' Ref:6262, family-owned — Bonhams lot 24232/157] (Bonhams, 2017) | |||
[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]] | [[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]] | ||
[[Category:Daytona]] | [[Category:Daytona]] | ||