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The Unicorn is the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. Case number 2877587. A one-off special-order example of the [[Reference:6265|6265]] reference, manufactured by Rolex in 1970 and delivered in 1971 to a German retailer. Sold at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum in Geneva on 12 May 2018 for CHF 5,937,500 including premium — the headline lot of the auction and, at the time, the second-most-expensive Rolex ever sold at public auction. Previously owned by John Goldberger (Auro Montanari). The Perezcope forensic dossier published in December 2022 disputes the Unicorn's authenticity using 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher analysis — arguing the watch as it appeared at Phillips is a Frankenstein assembled from period-correct and replacement components. Both positions sit on the public record; neither has been resolved in editorial. | The Unicorn is the only known 18k white gold manual-wind Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. Case number 2877587. A one-off special-order example of the [[Reference:6265|6265]] reference, manufactured by Rolex in 1970 and delivered in 1971 to a German retailer. Sold at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum in Geneva on 12 May 2018 for CHF 5,937,500 including premium — the headline lot of the auction and, at the time, the second-most-expensive Rolex ever sold at public auction. Previously owned by John Goldberger (Auro Montanari). The Perezcope forensic dossier published in December 2022 disputes the Unicorn's authenticity using 2010 Newoldschlock Instagram photographs and millerighe pusher analysis — arguing the watch as it appeared at Phillips is a Frankenstein assembled from period-correct and replacement components. Both positions sit on the public record; neither has been resolved in editorial. | ||
[[File:Ref 6265 unicorn- | [[File:Ref 6265 unicorn-hero.webp|thumb|right|320px|The Unicorn 6265 — 18k white gold manual-wind Daytona, Sigma dial with white gold indices, CHF 5,937,500 at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum 2018 (Revolution / Phillips)]] | ||
== What the Unicorn is == | == What the Unicorn is == | ||