Light Blue Daytona
Cosmograph Daytona 6262 — Light Blue Daytona
1970
A pigment defect has turned the originally white “Daytona” a light blue.
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Identifying details
- Pump pushers
Plain push-piece chronograph pushers, not screwed down.
- Tachymeter bezel
Tachymeter scale engraved on the rather than the dial.
Variants of 6262
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Standard | Undated |
| Light Blue DaytonaCurrent | 1970 |
| Paul Newman | c. 1970–? |
| Paul Newman · Paul Newman Musketeer | c. 1970 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 6262
- Production
- 1970
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case diameter
- 36.5 mm
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- Valjoux 727
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Valjoux 727
Higher-beat development of the Rolex Valjoux 72 family, raised from 18,000 to 21,600 vph by replacing about 15 components. Fitted to the transitional 6262/6264 and the screw-down 6263/6265.
Manual winding · Introduced 1969 · 21,600 vph · 17 jewels