Show us your Paul Newman Daytona

[onkyo]

Congrats on an amazing score Ken!!!

Enjoy that beauty.

[HL65]

Originally Posted by onkyo

Congrats on an amazing score Ken!!!

Enjoy that beauty.

Thanks Pav!!!!

[cronin]

Thanks to all who are posting...I must say the Paul Newman Is my favorite watch......actually my favorite thing.

[ratty]

Thanks for that. What does a pulsometer dial measure?

[Cortez y Ramon]

Originally Posted by ratty

Thanks for that. What does a pulsometer dial measure?

It 's a medical scale. Measure cardiac pulsations

[ratty]

'Pulsometer' as in something to measure the pulse with, yes that does make obvious sense!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully I'll wake up in a minute.

I have to say that I like the look of that dial, I've never heard of them on Daytonas before.

Thanks for your reply, and sorry for my stupidity.

[Cortez y Ramon]

Enjoy Graham


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[Beaumont Miller II]

Please allow me to be of help. The way the dial is intended to work is:
1. Start the chronograph fxn.
2. Start counting the patient's heart beat.
3. When you have counted 15 heart beats, stop the chronograph function.
4. The number on the dial corresponds to beats per minute.
For example: 15 pulses in 15 secs is 60 bpm. 15 pulses in 20 min is 45 bpm.

[Mark020]

What a tread!

[GeorgeK]

Originally Posted by Beaumont Miller II

15 pulses in 20 min is 45 bpm.

15 pulses in 20 min is...terrifying.

[Dan2000]

Did those 2 guys kill each other over the fake dial? Never heard back...

[modgoldwing51]

I love this model! A great watch for the ages! Maybe someday I will be lucky enough to have one. I really enjoyed seeing all of your great photos! Nice job!!

[Brent]

I bought this ref 6263 before there ever was such a thing as a Paul Newman Daytona:

[HL65]

Not exactly-6263 1970s-80's
PN dials appeared early 60's--given name PN after he wore one in
a 69 Indy racing movie-and he appeared wearing it on an Italian Magazine cover--thus
started calling the exotic dial the "Paul Newman" the name that has stuck with them ever since. FYI

Good article to read on PN history below:
http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/rol...n_daytona.html

[Brent]

Thanks. My understanding is that the PN watches were fitted with a custom face at the AD, as opposed to at the Rolex "factory". Is that true, and are these original PN faces available to retrofit to one's 6263 (for example)?

[HL65]

Originally Posted by Brent

Thanks. My understanding is that the PN watches were fitted with a custom face at the AD, as opposed to at the Rolex "factory". Is that true, and are these original PN faces available to retrofit to one's 6263 (for example)?

Absolutely untrue--factory installed original dials. They made a 6263 with a PN dial. Check out the link in my last email. Nice watch Brent!

[Brent]

Thanks Connor. I missed that link in your comment, but have now read it. I found this paragraph below interesting, especially since my 6263 was made in 1972.
It would appear that there are two "Paul Newman" Daytona's. the one that he actually owns and the one that his name has been unofficially associated with. You'd think that the model of Rolex he actually owns (ie ref 6263 with black dial and white registers) and was given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, would actually be worth more than the one that he has become unofficially associated with?

"When I asked Mr. Newman about these theories, he stated that he was unaware of how his name became attached to the watch, and he didn't recall even wearing a Daytona in Winning. Furthermore, he stated that his first Daytona, and the one he currently wears, was given to him by his wife in 1972, the same year he started his professional racing career. It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned watch is not a Paul Newman (exotic dial) model at all, but rather appears to be a Daytona (model 6263), with black dial and white registers."

[paultran37]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

[Yazo]

Originally Posted by Brent

Thanks Connor. I missed that link in your comment, but have now read it. I found this paragraph below interesting, especially since my 6263 was made in 1972.
It would appear that there are two "Paul Newman" Daytona's. the one that he actually owns and the one that his name has been unofficially associated with. You'd think that the model of Rolex he actually owns (ie ref 6263 with black dial and white registers) and was given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, would actually be worth more than the one that he has become unofficially associated with?

"When I asked Mr. Newman about these theories, he stated that he was unaware of how his name became attached to the watch, and he didn't recall even wearing a Daytona in Winning. Furthermore, he stated that his first Daytona, and the one he currently wears, was given to him by his wife in 1972, the same year he started his professional racing career. It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned watch is not a Paul Newman (exotic dial) model at all, but rather appears to be a Daytona (model 6263), with black dial and white registers."

Watch nicknames are all over the place (ie never accurate)... an orange hand explorer II is called a "Steve McQueen" but there's no evidence of him EVER wearing one!! I wouldn't put too much substance to the nicknames... what it boils down to is the exotic dial daytonas being A TON more rare than the black/silver ones.