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	* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-daytona-chronograph-1963-in-depth-review/ In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Daytona] — Erik Slaven, Monochrome, 2024		* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-daytona-chronograph-1963-in-depth-review/ In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Daytona] — Erik Slaven, Monochrome, 2024
	* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-first-rolex-daytona-by-benjamin-clymer Historical Perspectives: The Very First Rolex Daytona] — Benjamin Clymer, Hodinkee, 2013		* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-first-rolex-daytona-by-benjamin-clymer Historical Perspectives: The Very First Rolex Daytona] — Benjamin Clymer, Hodinkee, 2013


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]]
			* [[Reference:6263\|Daytona 6263]] — the Big Red name comes from its red COSMOGRAPH text
			* [[Reference:6265\|Daytona 6265]] — the steel-bezel sibling
			* [[Reference:6264\|Daytona 6264]] — the pump-pusher predecessor

	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
	[[Category:Paul Newman]]		[[Category:Paul Newman]]

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	\|description=The Big Red Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 6263 — the standard 6263 dial with DAYTONA printed in red block letters above the 6 o'clock sub-register. Introduced around 1976, default 6263 dial by the early 1980s. Paul Newman's own Big Red 6263 — engraved "Drive slowly Dad" from his daughter Nell — sold at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 for USD 5,475,000 including premium. Third-most-expensive Rolex at auction on that date.		\|description=The Big Red Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 6263 — the standard 6263 dial with DAYTONA printed in red block letters above the 6 o'clock sub-register. Introduced around 1976, default 6263 dial by the early 1980s. Paul Newman's own Big Red 6263 — engraved "Drive slowly Dad" from his daughter Nell — sold at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 for USD 5,475,000 including premium. Third-most-expensive Rolex at auction on that date.
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	Paul Newman's own Big Red 6263 anchors the category. His daughter Nell gave him the watch; the caseback carries the engraving "Drive slowly Dad." It sold at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 for USD 5,475,000 including premium, third on the all-time Rolex auction list as of that date, behind Newman's own 6239 ([[Reference:paul-newman-daytona\|USD 17.52M at Phillips Winning Icons, 2017]]) and the Bao Dai 6062 (USD 5.06M).		Paul Newman's own Big Red 6263 anchors the category. His daughter Nell gave him the watch; the caseback carries the engraving "Drive slowly Dad." It sold at Phillips New York on 12 December 2020 for USD 5,475,000 including premium, third on the all-time Rolex auction list as of that date, behind Newman's own 6239 ([[Reference:paul-newman-daytona\|USD 17.52M at Phillips Winning Icons, 2017]]) and the Bao Dai 6062 (USD 5.06M).

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	== The three Red variants ==		== The three Red variants ==

Admin: Category casing fix per audit. Normalize: working-draft → Working Draft; Explorer-Ii → Explorer II; Oyster-Perpetual → Oyster Perpetual; Daytona Manual-wind → Daytona Manual-Wind; Daytona In-house Gen 1 → Daytona In-House Gen 1. Drop redundant Category:References (not part of convention; family-and-status categories are sufficient).

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Category casing fix per audit. Normalize: working-draft → Working Draft; Explorer-Ii → Explorer II; Oyster-Perpetual → Oyster Perpetual; Daytona Manual-wind → Daytona Manual-Wind; Daytona In-house Gen 1 → Daytona In-House Gen 1. Drop redundant Category:References (not part of convention; family-and-status categories are sufficient).

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	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Daytona Manual-~~wind~~]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
	[[Category:Paul Newman]]		[[Category:Paul Newman]]

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