Daytona 50th Anniversary; 2013 release

[Tools]

In 1963 Rolex began using the Daytona name on their Cosmograph Chronograph. At the Basel Watch Fair in 2013 Rolex introduced a new Daytona model to commemorate the occasion..

An Ice Blue dial with Chocolate (Chestnut Brown) Cerachrom bezel with matching chestnut sub-dial surrounds wrapped in a, new for the Daytona, Platinum case mark this version as unique to the line..

Daytona 2.jpg

Daytona 1.jpg

[GIS8]

Love the colors, don't love the price

[NSXsan]

yes very nice colors . . . .




------

[shnxx]

Hate the colors.

Don't get the price.

At around 75k I can get perpetual calendars used from pp, lange and a Datograph in platinum.

[Psmith]

A beautiful watch, but at that price I would want a haute horlogerie piece instead

[yessir69]

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hands-o...etails-pricing

[normandy]

It's mimicking Patrizzi dial

[MrDoug]

Great looking watch...that I could wear with only a few outfits. (Yes, I sometimes coordinate.)

I wouldn't buy it.

[rolexinfo@aol.com]

if the paul newman 6263 proto-type sold for over 850,000 us (this was a record sale)
and normal circulated 6263 sold in auction for 150k-180k
I BELIVE this watch will hold it own on price in the years to come plus it is the 50 year anniversary
only problem i see is that the platinum seems to stretch out alot easier than gold or steel

but then again who knows what the future brings

[datejust24]

Originally Posted by rolexinfo@aol.com

if the paul newman 6263 proto-type sold for over 850,000 us (this was a record sale)
and normal circulated 6263 sold in auction for 150k-180k
I BELIVE this watch will hold it own on price in the years to come plus it is the 50 year anniversary
only problem i see is that the platinum seems to stretch out alot easier than gold or steel

but then again who knows what the future brings

Platinum stretches easier than gold huh? Never heard of such a thing but..then again i've never owned and never will own a solid platinum piece soo....but I do however love the new Daytona. Typically I tend to overlook the Daytona because i'm not a fan of a chrono but...I do think this one is damn sexy.

[Bullitt44]

Blue dial is brilliant.

[HL65]

Originally Posted by rolexinfo@aol.com

if the paul newman 6263 proto-type sold for over 850,000 us (this was a record sale)
and normal circulated 6263 sold in auction for 150k-180k
I BELIVE this watch will hold it own on price in the years to come plus it is the 50 year anniversary
only problem i see is that the platinum seems to stretch out alot easier than gold or steel

but then again who knows what the future brings

Having owned many platinum watches and currently as well all I can say is that just is not true and certainly not my experience. As for the watch all I can say is it is one awesome watch with amazing wrist presence, heft, and sex appeal! The glacier blue and chestnut brown combo is simply brilliant! I love mine and thank Rolex for such a terrific design and color combo!

[alanc]

Great article on the history of the Daytona -

http://www.watch-insider.com/news/ro...-chronographs/

[firefisher]

Sick watch.

[tkerrmd]

my favorite watch of all time!!!! love mine!!!

[GTS Dean]

Frankly, it's hard for me to be a fan.

____________________________
TT OysterQuartz
SS/Black "U" Daytona
TT GMT II-C
DD OysterQuartz
Breitling Aero
Omega Speedmaster Pro

[ahmedjd]

This i a beautiful watch. i am sure it will be discontinued in few years and it will become a classical
20141020_130626.jpg