The successor of the reference 6239, the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 6262 was launched at the beginning of the 1970s. In production for only a few short years, it’s one of the rarest of all Daytona references. Reference 6262 brought aesthetic and mechanical changes to the Daytona line, including updated lugs and a new, more accurate movement. With its pump pushers, steel bezel, and silver soleil dial with black subdials, the present lot gives a new meaning to "laid back elegance". It looks as good on the wrist on a night out attending the opening of La Tosca at Milan's La Scala or sipping a cocktail on the shores of Capri whilst admiring the sunset.