Vintage Rolex Daytona ref 6263 “Big Red” circa 1984

An especially fine condition example vintage Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona ref 6263 circa 1984. Featuring an original pristine condition original tritium lume dial with black  chronograph registers and with Daytona printed in bold red font. With fine condition black lacquer outer tachometer scale that distinguishes this popular reference # from the ref # 6265 with its steel tachometer bezel.

Powered by Rolex caliber 727 manual wind movement with registers for 30 minutes, 12 hours, and constant seconds. Featuring a fine condition original 200 mph bakelite bezel and original, not service replacement screw down chronograph pushers. With a beefy lug and corrosion free case with clear and distinct case reference and serial #s. With clean case back, free of any personalized engraving and with correct and fine condition Rolex heavy Oyster 78350 bracelet with foldlng deployant clasp and with correct #571 end pieces. The all important dial on this example is stunning; with lovely patina’d intact triitium lume plots and free of any of the drag marks, abrasions, spotting, and watchmaker marks on the registers or elsewhere on the dial.

Background: The reference 6263 model is second only to the Paul Newman dial Daytona in terms of desirability among vintage Rolex Daytona models. The 6263 with black bakelite bezel is preferred in either the black dial or silver dial versions. The screw down pushers, and wider black lacquer bezel add to the size and give the watch a larger presence on the wrist. Sigma refers to the Greek letter on either side of the T SWISS T at the bottom of the dial and indicate that the dial markers are precious metal, and not just plated. The Sigma dial variation of the 6263 Daytona is considerably rarer than the later examples with DAYTONA printed in red over the 6 o’clock register and is often preferred by European collectors of vintage Rolex models due to its rarity and remarkable sharpness of printing of these dials.

This is one of the finest examples vintage 6263 “Big Red” Daytona we have offered in quite some time. We invite you to come examine it in person and we think you will be quite eager to have this beauty adorning your wrist.

NOTE: The price listed is for wire payment only. Sorry cannot discount this or accept trades.