Rolex Daytona 6264

ROLEX - Lot 28

ROLEX Known as "Blue Daytona Art.-No. 6264 No. 2425625 Circa 1970 Steel bracelet chronograph Case: round, bakelite "50-200 UNITS" MK1 tachometric bezel, screw-down crown, signed, round push-buttons, screw-down back, signed Dial: black "T SWISS T" known as "Blue Daytona", applied baton hour markers with tritium dot at their tips, 1/5th of a second minute track painted silver like the "ROLEX Cosmograph" signature, grey tritium hands, central chronograph seconds, 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock, small seconds at 9 o'clock, iridescent blue Daytona signature at 6 o'clock, signed Movement: hand-wound mechanical, signed - Valjoux 727 Bracelet/Fastener: steel folded-link Oyster bracelet, folding clasp signed (Endlinks 271 - Bracelet 7835 19 - Clasp 4/71) Diameter: 37 mm Wrist circumference: 17 cm approx. Provenance: descendants of the original owner Note : Reference 6264 Reference 6264 was produced by Rolex from 1970 to 1972, and can be considered a transitional model for various technical reasons. Like the 6262, it features the Valjoux 727 caliber, and above all belongs to the last generation of Daytonas with non-screwed pushers. Depending on the source, production of the 6264 is estimated at around 1,700 watches in all variants. And that's what makes this reference so interesting: a constellation of dials, all different. Our example features a rare variant on the so-called "Blue Daytona" dial, recognizable by its silver lettering and large Daytona signature worthy of the "Big Red" dials, but this time in an iridescent blue hue.