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The Oyster Sotto, also known as the RCO (Rolex Cosmograph Oyster), is the rarest standard-production Paul Newman dial. The defining tell is the 12 o'clock text stack: "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" instead of the standard order, with OYSTER printed below Cosmograph. Documented examples sit only on the screw-pusher [[Reference:6263|6263]] and [[Reference:6265|6265]].
The Oyster Sotto, also known as the RCO (Rolex Cosmograph Oyster), is the rarest standard-production Paul Newman dial. The defining tell is the 12 o'clock text stack: "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" instead of the standard order, with OYSTER printed below Cosmograph. Documented examples sit only on the screw-pusher [[Reference:6263|6263]] and [[Reference:6265|6265]].


The two canonical sales are Christie's Lesson One in 2013, the first Paul Newman to clear seven figures, and Phillips Daytona Ultimatum in 2018, where an Oyster Sotto 6263 sold for CHF 1,662,500 including premium.
The two canonical sales are Christie's Lesson One in 2013, the first Paul Newman to clear seven figures, and Phillips Daytona Ultimatum in 2018, where an Oyster Sotto 6263 crossed the block again.


[[File:Ref 6263 rco-hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Paul Newman RCO Daytona 6263 — "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" text layout with OYSTER below Cosmograph|Paul Newman RCO Daytona 6263 — "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" text layout with OYSTER below Cosmograph]]
[[File:Ref 6263 rco-hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Paul Newman RCO Daytona 6263 — "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" text layout with OYSTER below Cosmograph|Paul Newman RCO Daytona 6263 — "ROLEX COSMOGRAPH OYSTER" text layout with OYSTER below Cosmograph]]