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Stock # | SKU21803 | |
Stock # | 21803 | |
Model Name | Cosmograph Daytona | |
Brand | Rolex | |
Model Ref # | 6265 | |
Condition | Mint | |
Gender | Mens | |
Movement | Manual | |
Case | 14K Yellow Gold | |
Case Shape | Round | |
Case Size | 37mm | |
Crystal | Plastic | |
Band / Strap | Strap | |
Dial | Champagne | |
Caseback | Solid | |
Complications |
Chronograph |
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Year | 1978 | |
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The Rolex Daytona has transcended being simply a wristwatch. The Daytona has become a statement along with being an icon. Its presence on your wrist demonstrates style, success, astuteness and refined taste. This is particularly true with vintage Daytona watches. We have arrived at a point in time when there are simply not enough vintage Daytona watches to satisfy buyer demand. Examples like this watch, with Tiffany & Co. co-signed dial in rare 14k gold, are at another level. Highly desirable and very valuable. Collectors know that the wait between such watches is long, if one doesn’t strike when the opportunity is presented. Original 14k gold case with famous Units per Hour bezel, original screw down chronograph pushers and crown, plastic crystal and lustrous with patina. 37mm diameter by 13.3mm thick. Serial number 5465XXX dates production to 1978. Original untouched gold dial co-signed Tiffany & Co. with contrasting black subdials. Applied golden hour markers and golden baton hands with inlaid luminous. Original movement is the manual winding Rolex Caliber 727 with 17 jewels and adjusted to three positions. This is a column wheel construction chronograph, which is the efflorescence of chronograph caliber design. Furthermore, this movement is a C.O.S.C. Certified Chronometer, and is pristine and running. This is an important and special vintage Rolex Daytona in mint condition.