AR / ITEM / 00100510

Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263 ‘Oyster Sotto’

Rolex

The black exotic “Oyster Sotto” dial is among the rarest early screw-down-pusher Daytona configurations, with “Oyster” placed beneath the main signature.

Date
c. 1969

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

The black exotic “Oyster Sotto” dial is among the rarest early screw-down-pusher Daytona configurations, with “Oyster” placed beneath the main signature. Phillips sold this example with original guarantee and box at Daytona Ultimatum on 12 May 2018 for CHF 1,662,500. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Phillips source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.

Culture
Swiss
Medium
stainless steel
Origin
Switzerland

In the Tapestry

Made by
RolexA
Associated with
PhillipsA

Provenance and history

  1. c. 1969

    Made / first documentedA

  2. 12 May 2018

    Public saleA

    Phillips sold this example with original guarantee and box at Daytona Ultimatum on 12 May 2018 for CHF 1,662,500.

Sources

  1. A

    Phillips, 'Auction Results: Daytona Ultimatum'

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