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Rolex Daytona

ملف المجموعة · 1963

كرونوغراف صُمم أصلاً لسائقي السباقات، سُمي على اسم Daytona International Speedway. من بين أكثر الساعات المطلوبة في السوق الثانوي.

صور المجموعة

Rolex Daytona reference 6239 Paul Newman

Rolex Daytona reference 6263 Oyster Paul Newman

ميناء نموذج أولي Rolex Daytona reference 16520 Zenith Daytona

النطق والاسم

day-TOH-nuh

Named after Daytona, Florida, and its motorsport association.

لماذا يهم

The Daytona is Rolex’s motorsport chronograph and one of the strongest examples of how vintage racing culture, celebrity ownership, and modern scarcity can transform a model family.

المراجع الرئيسية

6239 1963

Early Cosmograph Daytona — The reference family associated with early pump-pusher Daytonas and the Paul Newman dial phenomenon.

Phillips Winning Icons auction lot for Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona reference 6239

6263 1971

Screw-down pusher Daytona — A key vintage Daytona reference with screw-down chronograph pushers.

Phillips auction lot for Rolex Daytona reference 6263

16520 1988

Zenith Daytona — Automatic Daytona powered by a heavily modified Zenith El Primero base. Movement: Calibre 4030.

Phillips auction lot for Rolex Daytona reference 16520

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 126500LN

126500LN 2023

Current steel Daytona — Updated 60th-anniversary generation with refined case and movement. Movement: Calibre 4131.

Rolex official Cosmograph Daytona 126500LN page

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 126503

126503 2023

Two-tone current Daytona — Current-generation Rolesor Daytona reference that shows the collection beyond the steel waitlist narrative. Movement: Calibre 4131. Material: Oystersteel and ذهب أصفر.

Rolex official Cosmograph Daytona 126503 page

Material: بلاتين.

الخط الزمني للمجموعة

1963 — Rolex launches the Cosmograph chronograph that becomes known as the Daytona.
1988 — The automatic Zenith-powered Daytona era begins.
2000 — Rolex introduces its in-house automatic chronograph movement, calibre 4130.
2016 — The steel Daytona gains a black ceramic bezel with reference 116500LN.
2023 — Rolex updates the Daytona line with calibre 4131 and the 126500 generation.

الأخبار

Rolex refreshes the Daytona for its 60th-anniversary generation 2023 — The 126500 generation refined the case, bezel framing, and calibre architecture with the new calibre 4131. ↗
The official Daytona range spans steel, Rolesor, gold, and platinum Current collection — The contemporary Cosmograph Daytona is no longer only one steel reference; the current catalogue shows how broad the motorsport chronograph family has become. ↗
Paul Newman’s own Daytona 6239 sells for $17,752,500 2017 — Phillips’ Winning Icons sale made the Paul Newman-owned reference 6239 one of the defining public auction moments for any wristwatch. ↗
Oyster Paul Newman Daytona 6263 sells for CHF 1,325,000 2015 — A reference 6263 Oyster Paul Newman result at Phillips shows the premium commanded by screw-down pusher Daytonas with celebrated exotic dials. ↗
Zenith Daytona 16520 prototype-dial example appears in Hong Kong sale 2021 — Phillips catalogued a reference 16520 “Proto Dial” Daytona, a reminder that the automatic Zenith-era Daytona has become collectible in its own right. ↗
Ceramic Daytona 116500LN remains an active auction reference 2023 — Christie’s online sale listing for a 116500LN captures how the previous-generation ceramic steel Daytona continues to anchor modern Daytona demand. ↗

حقائق ممتعة

The name is a place

Daytona refers to Daytona, Florida, and the speedway culture that shaped the model’s racing identity.

Watchatlas editorial note

The dial made the myth

The once-slow-selling exotic dials now nicknamed Paul Newman dials became central to vintage Daytona mythology.