Rolex Daytona 6263 Black Dial 1973

Rolex Daytona 6263 Black dial
Serial: 3291304
Circa: 1973
Reference: 6263

MOVEMENT: Caliber 727, Hand-wound mechanical column wheel chronograph movement with 17 jewels

DIAL: Black dial with applied baton hour markers and silver registers. T SWISS T at the bottom of the dial

CASE: 37mm, stainless steel with black tachymeter bezel bezel and acrylic glass

BRACELET: Rolex USA Oyster rivet "CI" bracelet dated 73

CONDITION REPORT: Overall excellent and all original with some signs of wear throughout. Case appears unpolished, pushers and bezel are original. Dial and hands are in excellent shape and original.

NOTES:
In 1963, Rolex released the Cosmograph watch to measure and record elapsed time beginning with the reference 6239. This reference did not yet carry the name Daytona. It was powered by a Valjoux 72B manual wind column wheel chronograph movement, which Rolex reworked and improved internally. The watch had a tachymeter bezel and was fitted with pump pushers. Soon after, the introduction of the name Daytona was often seen on Rolex chronographs. This name came from the beach town in Florida, USA, where the famous Daytona race took place every year. In the late 60’s the 6240 was introduced with the addition of screw-down waterproof pushers and therefore carried the word Oyster on the dial. In 1971, two models were available: the 6265 with metallic bezel and the 6263 with the bakelite bezel. These two models had the 727 caliber and continued production all the way until 1987.