Reference:6262: Difference between revisions
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Deep audit: 6262 chronology, movement, dial variants, provenance and anti-slop prose |
Deep anti-slop and evidence audit: qualify bracelet-stamp discrepancy, tighten auction prose and chronology, canonicalize headings |
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== Core facts == | ==Core facts== | ||
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== Where it sits in the line == | ==Where it sits in the line== | ||
The four manual-wind Daytona references in production around 1970–1972 sort cleanly along two axes: pusher type and bezel material. The 6262 carries pump pushers and the engraved metal bezel, the same case configuration as the 6239 it succeeded. The 6264 carries pump pushers and an acrylic bezel insert, the same case configuration as the 6241. The 6263 and 6265, both introduced in 1970–1971 and running through 1988, return to the screw-down pushers first seen on the 6240 in 1965 and split bezel material the same way the 6262 / 6264 pair does. The 6262 is the metal-bezel half of a pump-pusher transitional pair, and the 6265 is its metal-bezel screw-pusher counterpart. | The four manual-wind Daytona references in production around 1970–1972 sort cleanly along two axes: pusher type and bezel material. The 6262 carries pump pushers and the engraved metal bezel, the same case configuration as the 6239 it succeeded. The 6264 carries pump pushers and an acrylic bezel insert, the same case configuration as the 6241. The 6263 and 6265, both introduced in 1970–1971 and running through 1988, return to the screw-down pushers first seen on the 6240 in 1965 and split bezel material the same way the 6262 / 6264 pair does. The 6262 is the metal-bezel half of a pump-pusher transitional pair, and the 6265 is its metal-bezel screw-pusher counterpart. | ||
The four references share caliber 727. Caliber 727 raised the beat rate from 18,000 to 21,600 vph across all four references; the case decisions were inherited from the prior pair. Within two years the screw-pusher 6263 / 6265 remained in production, and the pump-pusher 6262 / 6264 pair was discontinued. The pump-pusher | The four references share caliber 727. Caliber 727 raised the beat rate from 18,000 to 21,600 vph across all four references; the case decisions were inherited from the prior pair. Within two years the screw-pusher 6263 / 6265 remained in production, and the pump-pusher 6262 / 6264 pair was discontinued. The 6262 and 6264 are the last pump-pusher references in the manual-wind transition before the screw-pusher pair became the long-running production versions. | ||
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== Production outline == | ==Production outline== | ||
Production ran from 1970 through 1972, in parallel with the 6264 and overlapping the early 6263 and 6265 years. Total production is not pinned in any accepted Rolex source, and published date bands disagree at the edges. The 6262 is a short-run bridge reference from the last pump-pusher phase of the manual-wind Daytona line. | Production ran from 1970 through 1972, in parallel with the 6264 and overlapping the early 6263 and 6265 years. Total production is not pinned in any accepted Rolex source, and published date bands disagree at the edges. The 6262 is a short-run bridge reference from the last pump-pusher phase of the manual-wind Daytona line. | ||
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== Movement notes == | ==Movement notes== | ||
[[File:Ref 6262 movement-cal-727.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Cal 727 Valjoux 72 base in the 6262|Cal 727 Valjoux 72 base in the 6262]] | [[File:Ref 6262 movement-cal-727.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Cal 727 Valjoux 72 base in the 6262|Cal 727 Valjoux 72 base in the 6262]] | ||
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== Dial map == | ==Dial map== | ||
===Serial / year / dial / lume / bracelet=== | |||
=== Serial / year / dial / lume / bracelet === | |||
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! Serial range !! Year !! Dial !! Lume !! Bracelet !! End links !! Notes | ! Serial range !! Year !! Dial !! Lume !! Bracelet !! End links !! Notes | ||
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown == | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||
The case is the 36mm steel Oyster of the period, with pump pushers, an acrylic crystal, and 50m water resistance. The engraved steel tachymetric bezel is the quickest physical identifier of the 6262. | The case is the 36mm steel Oyster of the period, with pump pushers, an acrylic crystal, and 50m water resistance. The engraved steel tachymetric bezel is the quickest physical identifier of the 6262. | ||
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== Bracelets, end links, and clasps == | ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps== | ||
[[File:Ref 6262 bracelet.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=6262 on period-correct Oyster bracelet|6262 on period-correct Oyster bracelet]] | [[File:Ref 6262 bracelet.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=6262 on period-correct Oyster bracelet|6262 on period-correct Oyster bracelet]] | ||
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 6262 sits across the 7205-to-7835 bracelet transition. Early watches can be on 7205, later ones on 7835, both with end-link 271. Some secondary tables print “771”; the cited bracelet records use 271, and the difference may be an OCR or catalogue reading. | ||
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. The source does not establish whether 357 is an alternate stamp, a bracelet suffix or a catalogue reading. The conflict with 271 remains recorded as lot-specific evidence. | 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. The source does not establish whether 357 is an alternate stamp, a bracelet suffix or a catalogue reading. The conflict with 271 remains recorded as lot-specific evidence. | ||
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== Special branches == | ==Special branches== | ||
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=== Paul Newman 6262 === | ===Paul Newman 6262=== | ||
The cited records include fewer 6262 Paul Newman examples than the broader 6263/6265 literature, but no production ratio is established. 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 cited records include fewer 6262 Paul Newman examples than the broader 6263/6265 literature, but no production ratio is established. 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. | ||
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=== Tropical 6262 === | ===Tropical 6262=== | ||
Tropical 6262 dials are black dials that have aged to brown or chocolate; the cited Christie’s lot documents one example. The sources do not establish a comparative population. Christie’s catalogued one such example, a 1970 6262 with tropical-register dial, as lot 2043 in ''Passion for Time: An Important Private Collection of Watches and Timepieces'' (Geneva, 6 November 2023). The browning comes from the same lacquer instability documented across the period; the black pigment in the dial lacquer was unstable to light and heat, and decades of wear drove the colour shift. The cited lot does not establish a general premium rule; case, movement and pusher fitment remain individual checks. | Tropical 6262 dials are black dials that have aged to brown or chocolate; the cited Christie’s lot documents one example. The sources do not establish a comparative population. Christie’s catalogued one such example, a 1970 6262 with tropical-register dial, as lot 2043 in ''Passion for Time: An Important Private Collection of Watches and Timepieces'' (Geneva, 6 November 2023). The browning comes from the same lacquer instability documented across the period; the black pigment in the dial lacquer was unstable to light and heat, and decades of wear drove the colour shift. The cited lot does not establish a general premium rule; case, movement and pusher fitment remain individual checks. | ||
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=== Sigma transition === | ===Sigma transition=== | ||
The 6262’s final-year production overlaps the start of the Sigma dial era on Daytona references. Sigma dials carry small σ symbols flanking the SWISS line at 6 o’clock, denoting white gold hour markers under the 1970s industry agreement on identifying precious-metal components. The published collector literature marks the start of Sigma on Daytona dials around 1972, which puts the late 6262 production batch in the early-Sigma window. Standard 6263 / 6265 Sigma production runs roughly 1972 through 1978, so a documented Sigma-marked 6262 is an uncommon transitional configuration. | The 6262’s final-year production overlaps the start of the Sigma dial era on Daytona references. Sigma dials carry small σ symbols flanking the SWISS line at 6 o’clock, denoting white gold hour markers under the 1970s industry agreement on identifying precious-metal components. The published collector literature marks the start of Sigma on Daytona dials around 1972, which puts the late 6262 production batch in the early-Sigma window. Standard 6263 / 6265 Sigma production runs roughly 1972 through 1978, so a documented Sigma-marked 6262 is an uncommon transitional configuration. | ||
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== Historical market and auction record == | ==Historical market and auction record== | ||
The cited auction record is smaller than the 6263 and 6265 records. Results differ by dial, provenance, condition and venue, so individual lots should be compared directly. Christie’s Geneva, 6 November 2023, lot 2043 records a 1970 example with tropical registers, case 2'416'687, sold for CHF 110,880 against an CHF 88,000–140,000 estimate. | |||
The cited auction record is smaller than the 6263 and 6265 records. Results differ by dial, provenance, condition and venue, so individual lots should be compared directly. | |||
Five Bonhams lots between 2009 and 2017, plus one Antiquorum result, add further individual records to the Christie’s lot. The earliest, a standard Cosmograph sold in June 2009 for £30,000 (case 2533340, retailed January 1972, two years after its 1970 manufacture), predates the rest of the trail by three years. From 2012 onward, 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. Antiquorum's Forte dei Marmi sale added a non-Bonhams datapoint in June 2022, a standard example (case 2476816) that made EUR 62,640 against a CHF 31,200–63,000 estimate; the house's own catalogue essay frames the 6262 as differing from the 6239 "only concerning the movement" and pairs it with the 6264 as "the latest Rolex chronograph with pump pushers." | |||
==Related references== | |||
* [[Reference:6264|Daytona 6264]], Paul Newman dials (1970–1972) | * [[Reference:6264|Daytona 6264]], Paul Newman dials (1970–1972) | ||
* [[Reference:6241|Daytona 6241]], “John Player Special,” 14K gold (1966–1969) | * [[Reference:6241|Daytona 6241]], “John Player Special,” 14K gold (1966–1969) | ||