Reference:6265 - Revision history

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	[[File:Ref 6265 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6265\|Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6265]]		[[File:Ref 6265 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6265\|Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6265]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	The Oman commissions reached Rolex through Asprey London, which held its own Khanjar cliché and stamped many of the dials in-house from "clean" dials supplied by Rolex without the chronometer text. Asprey-stamped 6265 examples typically carry an "Asprey" engraving on the caseback alongside the Khanjar dial — Antiquorum has catalogued the configuration as "Rolex for Asprey, ref. 6265, black dial with 'Oman' or 'Khanjar Crest' emblem." Jose Pereztroika's May 2025 forensic post on a faked red Khanjar 6265 dial documents the most current authentication problem on this branch: an Asprey-cased 6265 that originally left the factory with a "Sigma" black dial later resurfaced with a freshly applied red Khanjar dial of poor printing quality. Treat any red Khanjar 6265 without continuous photographic provenance from a major auction with caution; the case-and-engraving combination is easier to assemble than a period-correct dial.		The Oman commissions reached Rolex through Asprey London, which held its own Khanjar cliché and stamped many of the dials in-house from "clean" dials supplied by Rolex without the chronometer text. Asprey-stamped 6265 examples typically carry an "Asprey" engraving on the caseback alongside the Khanjar dial — Antiquorum has catalogued the configuration as "Rolex for Asprey, ref. 6265, black dial with 'Oman' or 'Khanjar Crest' emblem." Jose Pereztroika's May 2025 forensic post on a faked red Khanjar 6265 dial documents the most current authentication problem on this branch: an Asprey-cased 6265 that originally left the factory with a "Sigma" black dial later resurfaced with a freshly applied red Khanjar dial of poor printing quality. Treat any red Khanjar 6265 without continuous photographic provenance from a major auction with caution; the case-and-engraving combination is easier to assemble than a period-correct dial.

			=== Libyan Army and Gaddafi-signature 6265 ===

			A separate institutional branch carries Libyan dial markings — distinct from the Asprey/Oman commissions and reaching Rolex through a different channel after Muammar Gaddafi's 1969 coup. The most documented example is a 6265 with a Gaddafi-signature dial sold at Antiquorum's Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces sale (Geneva, Mandarin Oriental, 12 May 2013) for CHF 128,500 hammer; Norma Buchanan's WatchTime coverage of that sale records the result and the Libyan-state provenance. Plain Libyan Army crest dials (without the signature) appear on a handful of additional 6265s and on later Datejust references such as the 16250 — Antiquorum catalogued a 1979 16250 with a Libyan Army logo dial in its June 2008 Hong Kong sale. A red monochromatic Libyan Air Force crest is rarer still. Gaddafi himself was never photographed wearing the signed Daytona, and the prevailing reading is that the watch left state hands as a gift rather than being worn by the head of state. The Libyan branch should not be conflated with the Asprey/Oman Khanjar branch above: different commissioning state, different retailer chain, different dial layout, and — for the signature variant — a one-off rather than a small numbered run.

Admin: Add government-logo dial branch (Reference:6265) — Asprey/Oman Khanjar image + Perezcope authentication note

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Add government-logo dial branch (Reference:6265) — Asprey/Oman Khanjar image + Perezcope authentication note

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	=== Sultan of Oman Khanjar 6265 ===		=== Sultan of Oman Khanjar 6265 ===

			[[File:Ref 6265 government-oman-khanjar.webp\|thumb\|right\|220px\|alt=6265 retailed by Asprey London with red Khanjar / Oman dial\|6265 retailed by Asprey London with red Khanjar dial above 6 o'clock]]

	Some 6265 examples carry the Sultan of Oman's red Khanjar (curved dagger) emblem above the 6 o'clock subdial. The parallel UAE-emblem 6263 ("Quraysh Hawk") sold at Daytona Ultimatum 2018 on an estimate of CHF 200,000–400,000 on the strength of UAE armed-forces provenance; Khanjar 6265s have surfaced at Christie's and Phillips Geneva at a similar tier.		Some 6265 examples carry the Sultan of Oman's red Khanjar (curved dagger) emblem above the 6 o'clock subdial. The parallel UAE-emblem 6263 ("Quraysh Hawk") sold at Daytona Ultimatum 2018 on an estimate of CHF 200,000–400,000 on the strength of UAE armed-forces provenance; Khanjar 6265s have surfaced at Christie's and Phillips Geneva at a similar tier.

			The Oman commissions reached Rolex through Asprey London, which held its own Khanjar cliché and stamped many of the dials in-house from "clean" dials supplied by Rolex without the chronometer text. Asprey-stamped 6265 examples typically carry an "Asprey" engraving on the caseback alongside the Khanjar dial — Antiquorum has catalogued the configuration as "Rolex for Asprey, ref. 6265, black dial with 'Oman' or 'Khanjar Crest' emblem." Jose Pereztroika's May 2025 forensic post on a faked red Khanjar 6265 dial documents the most current authentication problem on this branch: an Asprey-cased 6265 that originally left the factory with a "Sigma" black dial later resurfaced with a freshly applied red Khanjar dial of poor printing quality. Treat any red Khanjar 6265 without continuous photographic provenance from a major auction with caution; the case-and-engraving combination is easier to assemble than a period-correct dial.


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	* [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ David Boettcher, "Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference", vintagewatchstraps.com, 2026-04-18]		* [https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/ David Boettcher, "Vintage Watch Straps — Rolex bracelet and clasp reference", vintagewatchstraps.com, 2026-04-18]
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/important-watches-3/reference-6265-big-red-daytona-a-stainless-steel "Reference 6265 'Small Red' Daytona Circa 1979", Sotheby's, 2022]		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/important-watches-3/reference-6265-big-red-daytona-a-stainless-steel "Reference 6265 'Small Red' Daytona Circa 1979", Sotheby's, 2022]
	* [https://perezcope.com/2022/12/31/rolex-daytona-6265-the-unicorn-frankenstein-plot/ "Rolex Daytona 6265 — The "Unicorn" Frankenstein Plot", Perezcope (Jose Pereztroika), 2022-12-31]

	[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Working Draft]]		[[Category:Working Draft]]

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 The Big Red and Small Red dial branches drive the steel-6265 market. Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red sold at Phillips New York in December 2020 for USD 5.48M total, third most valuable Rolex at auction at that date; the result, while a 6263, anchors the Big Red typology the 6265 shares.
 [[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
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	! Serial range !! Year !! Dial !! Lume !! Bracelet !! End links !! Notes		! Serial range !! Year !! Dial !! Lume !! Bracelet !! End links !! Notes
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	\| 2.5M-3.0M (~1971-1973) \|\| 1971-1973 \|\| Mk1 standard, Cosmograph \|\| tritium \|\| 7835 \|\| 271 \|\| Early production. Pump-pusher-era 6262 superseded by screw-pusher 6265 starting 1971~~. Bracelet 7835 from chrono-shop matrix~~.		\| 2.5M-3.0M (~1971-1973) \|\| 1971-1973 \|\| Mk1 standard, Cosmograph \|\| tritium \|\| 7835 \|\| 271 \|\| Early production. Pump-pusher-era 6262 superseded by screw-pusher 6265 starting 1971.
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	\| 5.0M-6.5M (~1976-1978) \|\| 1976-1978 \|\| Sigma, Small Red transitional \|\| tritium \|\| 7835, 78350 (transitional) \|\| 271 \|\| Sigma dial era ~1972-1978 ~~per Wind Vintage / Bulang~~. Bracelet upgrade 7835 → 78350 ~~inferred to track~~ the parallel 6263 bracelet upgrade.		\| 5.0M-6.5M (~1976-1978) \|\| 1976-1978 \|\| Sigma, Small Red transitional \|\| tritium \|\| 7835, 78350 (transitional) \|\| 271 \|\| Sigma dial era ~1972-1978. Bracelet upgrade 7835 → 78350 tracks the parallel 6263 bracelet upgrade.
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	\| 8.0M+ (post-1983) \|\| 1983-1988 \|\| Big Red, Small Red \|\| tritium \|\| 78350 \|\| 271 \|\| Late Big Red / Small Red era. Sotheby's 2020 lot documents an R-serial yellow gold 6265 in this batch with engraved gold bezel. Final manual-wind production before 1988 16520 succession.		\| 8.0M+ (post-1983) \|\| 1983-1988 \|\| Big Red, Small Red \|\| tritium \|\| 78350 \|\| 271 \|\| Late Big Red / Small Red era. Sotheby's 2020 lot documents an R-serial yellow gold 6265 in this batch with engraved gold bezel. Final manual-wind production before 1988 16520 succession.

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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	The Big Red and Small Red dial branches drive the steel-6265 market. Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red sold at Phillips New York in December 2020 for USD 5.48M total, third most valuable Rolex at auction at that date; the result, while a 6263, anchors the Big Red typology the 6265 shares.		The Big Red and Small Red dial branches drive the steel-6265 market. Paul Newman's own 6263 Big Red sold at Phillips New York in December 2020 for USD 5.48M total, third most valuable Rolex at auction at that date; the result, while a 6263, anchors the Big Red typology the 6265 shares.

	[[Category:Daytona Manual-~~wind~~]]		[[Category:Daytona Manual-Wind]]
	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
	[[Category:Drafted]]		[[Category:Drafted]]

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