Welcome back to SwissWatchExpo. This is Taking Time. I'm Jonathan.
I'm Richard. This is episode two. We're talking about the yellow gold anniversary GMT with the
green dial and then the green dial yellow gold Daytona. Stick around. We'll tell you about it.
All right. Today we're talking about both yellow, gold green dial Rolexes. Daytona
and the GMT. Also known as the John Mayer and then the underrated hugely valuable GMT. Right? Right.
So what do we know about these pieces? Why, you know, they've become wildly
successful and wildly popular lately, in the past few years. Why do you think so?
Well, I mean, I think it's hugely based off of social media. It really, I mean, that's,
what's really drawing people into the watch world to begin with. Right. You know, the likes of
all credit Hodinkee for this, but their interview with John Mayer,
you know, this was a hugely like sleeper watch and then people also started diving into the GMT
thanks to Instagram and YouTube. I mean, this piece is really blown up in value.
Can you tell us a little bit more about the GMT? What do you think, what do you know
about it did this particular piece? So this is the 50th anniversary. It came out in 2005. From 1955,
came out with a few new features, featured the super case, for the individual 40 millimeter case,
the green dial for the Rolex colors, you know, matches the box. Also known as the anniversary
dial. It also featured the, uh, ceramic bezel and came out in 18 carat, yellow gold which looks
Pretty awesome. Am I correct in believing, I believe that was the very first model where
they actually brought out the Cerachrom bezel. Is that correct? Yeah, that's
sort of like the pioneer when it came to the ceramic bezel. Gorgeous pieces.
Gorgeous pieces. What about Daytona?
The Daytona is kind of cool. Kind of like what Jonathan was talking about, uh, when they first
produced this in 2016, it wasn't, it wasn't the vastly popular watch than it is today. Um,
so Rolex kind of waited around for the world to change. And then John Mayer came along and boom
told us all again, reminded us one last time in case we didn't know reminded this one last time.
It's not what you know, it's who, you know, and then all of a sudden this watch blew up overnight
and everybody needed to have this piece. So when Mayer first found it, it was, you know,
easily picked up off the shelf. He went to the authorized dealer near it was, and
then he talked about it and then everybody else had to have it. So it became wildly successful,
wild success overnight, you know, who else has the one now? Jonah Hill. Really excellent. Yeah. It
depends on which celebrity you like the most you be influenced by them. You can find both of these
by the way. You can find both of these on the website really easily just type in 18K Daytona,
18K GMT. They're the only two we have. It's very unlikely to, it's very unlikely situation that
we have both of them simultaneously. Full gold, not the two tones Yeah, exactly. You're right.
So what with the green dials in general, so the Daytona, this, this is one of the only pieces that
I think I've seen that had the green dial that wasn't necessarily an anniversary diamond, is that
correct? So this one just came out, it was green just in general for the purposes of marketing.
Is that right? Yeah. I mean, it was kind of a change to the lineup
by now. Um, okay. Which works. Right, right. One
Of the things I like about the Daytona is like, they actually changed the movement in
there. So whenever the 2000 or so, they, they had originally kind of
heavily modified El Primero movement. And this one has the 41 of the old Zenith. Yeah,
exactly. And then they did it all in house, the 4130, we could beat down the doors of how
revolutionary about how great this movement is. Mitch has actually already done a video
on this piece. So we're not going to go ahead and we're not going to, you know,
keep beating it down, beating down the door on you. So check out the video.
We also have an article posted on this too.
We do. Both written on both the video was also done by Mitch. Yhe article is written. Now you
can trust these guys because they have a beard. You can trust a guy with a beard,
maybe not this guy, but you can definitely trust Mitch. So,
so check out that video so you can find out a little bit more about it. So
we know why they're so popular. Let me just ask you a couple of questions. What's green out of
both of them. They are slightly different. Which green dial do you like personally.
Personally, I like this one a lot better. Um, it's a lot more muted. It's matte. It's not a Sunray
finish and green right now is kinda like really, really popular. If you look at the 2021 releases,
it's huge. And it's just different. It's not quite the Rolex green. It's not
what's out right now. It's its own thing. And I think it works for this watch because this
watch is supposed to be a sports watch and it's a muted, more matte color. Right. I liked just
The bezel a little bit better. I think that have the ceramic bezel,
I think is maybe a more cohesive to have the dial very similar to it. We're doing Sunray finishes
right now. A lot of people, I mean, a lot of manufacturers are doing Sunray finishes right now.
And I don't know, this just speaks to me more.
Right. I do like this one. I think it, I think it,
I do like the green on the Daytona. It has a little bit more of it. Like you were saying,
it's kind of sparkles a little bit more. So it kind of lends itself to being really dressy. I do.
I do like sparkly things. I do very much like sparkly things. And you know, the,
one of the things that if you've, if you've had an opportunity to hold on to these pieces before, uh,
the stainless steel is dramatically different from this one, because this is a solid gold
piece, uh, it's quite heavy. And you know why, right. Because of gravity? Because of gravity!
It's a very heavy watch, this substantial. Like this is one of those things you put on the wrist
and, you know, you're wearing quality, you know, you're wearing Rolex gold. I just, I love that
part about it. And the yellow and the green dial on this one, I, I really think is a beautiful
compliment to each other. This is gonna be a silly question, but I, I got a really silly question.
These are obviously watches that you buy and put in the shelf or display.
You're not gonna wear this watch on an everyday basis.
Jonah Hill does, John Mayer does. Then it's true.
I mean, these are sports watches. Why not wear it? Okay. So in that case, then, then I'm going to ask
you out of that, of the two of them, which one do you, would you think is the most utilitarian?
Well, again, it's, I'm going to go with the GMT, you know, the GMT has a lot of original
functionality to, it was designed for pilots and, you know, this came out with the first,
Triplock crown. So it's, you know, guaranteed a hundred meters of water resistance. And,
you know, it's just, I'm a bare bones, basic kind of guy, you know? And so I need something
that's straight to the point, you know, versus the Daytona. I mean, it looks nice.
It's just, and I enjoy racing. It's just, I don't have any use for a chronograph. No?
You're not gonna use the tachymeter? You mean you're not going to sign herself from mile marker
to mile marker. I drive a truck. I don't drive his force card anymore. It's a Ford, they cut off at
110 anyway. Right. Not as much fun for me. It's for me, I would actually go with the Daytona too.
Cause if I'm not cutting my grass in a solid gold Daytona, I'd want to know how long it took me,
you know, just for fun. Honestly, I would use the chronograph more. I mean, if I'm not cooking on
the grill or something like that, I got a family holding and, um, I'm wearing my Daytona. I get to
use the chronograph a little bit better. Cause I know how long I wanted to cook on each side
of the steak, that sort of stuff. So for me, that utilitarian use is better suited for the
chronograph than it would be the GMT cause I don't travel much, but I think if you are traveling,
that's the perfect piece for you because you know, it holds three different time zones.
So if you, you know, if you've got family in a different state, you want a different
part of the world or different part of the world, you've got someone in Hong Kong,
you can set it to 12 hours back and kinda know, uh, you know, keep that, keep track of that.
Yeah. Yeah. So if I think I know which way you're going to go with this, but if you had to pick
between the two of them, just in general, not, not just all those other questions,
but just in general, which one would you go with? The GMT. Well, I'm sticking to my guns.
I think I'm still,
I think I'd still go with the Daytona as well. I mean, it's just, it's just a really phenomenal
piece. It's it wears really well on everybody's watch. I think the 40 millimeter case can not
work so well on other's peoples, but you know, for me, I think this is a beautiful piece.
You know, you can check these out again on the website. If you can just a pop quiz for anybody,
if you can figure out how many references we use for John Mayer, because yeah, we been a few it's
more than one. Let us know in the comments, if you love these pieces, which one do you like the most?
Why do you like them the most? If you think one of these is just the best watch for you. Oh, one more
question. Which one of these is the, "because I can watch"? Daytona. The Daytona. Yeah, I can
because I could, so I did this is that watch. I mean even if you could, why not wear it right?
Right. I think I'd wear it everyday which is maybe sacrilege. But if I'm going to own that. Check
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