Blue Monday: The New Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona
The crowd favourite Daytona celebrates its 60th in ice blue form, an exhibition case back revealing a new calibre.
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This article was first published on Issue #69 of World of Watches.
When we first saw the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona at Watches and Wonders Geneva earlier this year, we thought it was the standout from the assortment at Rolex. That effectively means it would be one of the world?s most talked about watches this year. If you scan just the pages of our summer issue for World of Watches, you might begin to think that this may be true. To make a long story short, it is not ? while the 60th anniversary of the world?s most important chronograph sees the watch on the podium, the comments sections on the Internet are very keen on two colourful stablemates.
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The world has been here before, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cosmograph Daytona. The special platinum version of the 2013 chronograph eventually proved to be very influential. Bear that in mind when looking at the 2023 version with its remarkable exhibition caseback (a first for the collection). The platinum model, reference 126506, is primarily a reference to the 2013 model, also because the aforementioned exhibition caseback allows us to talk directly about the new calibre 4131. This new calibre features the...
The post Blue Monday: The New Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona appeared first on LUXUO.
This article was first published on Issue #69 of World of Watches.
When we first saw the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona at Watches and Wonders Geneva earlier this year, we thought it was the standout from the assortment at Rolex. That effectively means it would be one of the world?s most talked about watches this year. If you scan just the pages of our summer issue for World of Watches, you might begin to think that this may be true. To make a long story short, it is not ? while the 60th anniversary of the world?s most important chronograph sees the watch on the podium, the comments sections on the Internet are very keen on two colourful stablemates.
READ MORE: Rolex Acquires World?s Largest Watch Dealer Bucherer
The world has been here before, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cosmograph Daytona. The special platinum version of the 2013 chronograph eventually proved to be very influential. Bear that in mind when looking at the 2023 version with its remarkable exhibition caseback (a first for the collection). The platinum model, reference 126506, is primarily a reference to the 2013 model, also because the aforementioned exhibition caseback allows us to talk directly about the new calibre 4131. This new calibre features the...
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