Hard to find in this watch world today, but we have a trio of white gold Daytonas in.
And so I wanted to show them all to you.
At the same time, we can sort of compare the differences between them because they do look
pretty different from each other, but this is definitely a grail watch for a lot of people
and something that we get a lot of calls about here at SwissWatchExpo.
So if you see yourself with a white gold Daytona and who doesn't, you can give us a call.
The Daytona has been one of my favorite watches for decades, as I'm sure it has been for anyone
who's been watching the watch world.
And it has always been a watch that's extremely difficult to get.
So it makes it a grail watch for a lot of people.
What we have here is one of the harder ones to get.
It's the 18-carat white gold version.
And I really like these watches, not only just from an aesthetic standpoint, but also
from the performance, the design, the craftsmanship, everything about it, for me, is one of the
best Rolexes that they've ever made.
In the white gold, you get different dials that are available in steel.
And so they really set themselves apart.
It is a stealthy way to wear a precious metal because it can be a dressy watch.
It does sit pretty close to the wrist.
It has a more curved case with not the really sharp case lines you see from some of the
other sports watches from Rolex.
But at the same time, this is a watch that has definitely got sports written all over
it.
It is a racing watch first and foremost.
It is the winner's gift for winning the 24 hours at Daytona sports car race.
And it really was named after the Daytona Raceway.
So, not only does it have the tachymeter scale so that you can time miles per hour in your
race car, but it's just a great look all the way around as well, just for a daily wear
watch as well.
Now, this one made its premiere at the 2016 Baselworld.
And this one is the white gold with the white gold bezel, which you'll see is very different
looking than the black ceramic bezels on the other two models.
Now, this is sort of the throwback classic version, and I love the blue dial on this
one.
It has not only this rich intense blue color, but it also has touches of red all the way
around and the sub-dials feature polished rings around them.
And it's fully lumed though.
It's one of the best-looking dials, I think all around, that Rolex has ever done.
Now, the Daytonas in general are not as easily legible as some of the other Rolex watches.
And that's because there's just so much going on with the sub-dials, but that's part of
what makes them look fantastic is part of the look of a Daytona.
You definitely want to see these pushers and the sub-dials, as well as that tachymeter
scale on the bezel.
Now from a function standpoint, these watches are extremely well-made.
They do feature the Parachrom blue hairspring, which is extremely magnetic resistant, as
well as impact resistant.
They have changed the center bearing for the rotor, which is always kind of the Achilles
heel for an automatic watch taking impact.
And they've changed it from being just a jeweled affair to a ball bearing, supported rotor.
And so it really helps the impact resistance of the watch.
Of course, it's watertight being an Oyster case.
Screw-down crown triple-lock there that you can see from the dots under the crown screw-down
pushers for the chronograph, which does introduce this extra little function you have to perform
to be ready to use the chronograph.
But you can see that wasn't that hard.
And then I can press the button to get it started.
It is a vertical clutch system.
So if you prefer the look of the main chronograph hand running all the time, you can do that
without risking hurting the movement.
But it is the 70-hour power reserve + or - 2 seconds a day movement.
And really sort of the ultimate versions of each of these aspects for Rolex, from the
magnetic resistance, the water resistance to 100 meters, 330 feet, and the impact resistance.
So besides, you know, I really don't think many people are gonna use the chronograph.
Maybe you'll time your eggs or your trip to work with the chronograph, but the reality
is it just looks cool.
And so that's good enough for me.
When you look at this, watch it is high polished on the lugs, and high polished on the center
of the bracelet, which signals you that it's one of the dressier Oyster bracelets satin
on the edges.
It does have this beautiful milled clasp that has a double lock.
You can't just open it from the side.
You have to actually open it from here.
And then when you see it open, it is beautifully milled and polished.
It does feature the easy link, which gives you an extra 5 millimeters that you can open
and close with no tools.
Makes it very wearable and one of the best, all-around watches that money could buy.
Now in, I think it was 2017.
They came out with this version with the ceramic bezel.
And when you look at these, the eye does tend to sort of expand the watch to the edge of
the bezel, where on this watch, you're sort of focused on the dial.
So these look a little bit bigger.
Some people have measured these more closer to 41-millimeter.
They might be, but it's definitely a great look, not the same kind of color combinations
that we see on the blue dial with the red accents.
These are a little more monochromatic.
You have a dark silver dial.
It's sort of a gray dial.
It's a lot darker than the regular silver you see from Rolex.
And then the black sub-dials.
There are no colors on this one.
The black ceramic bezel really emphasizes the black and gray combination and then this
Oysterflex bracelet.
And we call it that because it's not really just a strap.
It does have inside a titanium section.
So you can't just cut these.
And then the clasp itself works just like the first one that we just looked at.
It locks, you open it just the same.
It's all polished inside the same.
And it even features the same kind of easy link so that you can open and close 5 millimeters
without any tools.
So it is a strap that should, well, okay, let's say an Oysterflex bracelet that should
last a long, long time.
It's not going to wear like a normal rubber strap
does.
All the same functions as far as the movement, the water resistance, the magnetic resistance,
and the impact resistance.
This one is a little bit of a reverse of this dial because it is all black, but with diamond
markers.
So you get just a little bit of sparkle to dress it up and make it even more of a watch
that's comfortable with a suit or an evening out definitely a little on the dressier side
when you have diamonds on the dial.
But any one of these three would be a great choice.
Easy to live with.
A really reliable watch that doesn't require a lot of maintenance and isn't going to bulk
at your day-to-day activities that won't care if it gets wet or gets bumped around.
I think that this is one of the best iterations of the Rolex Daytona that has ever come out
and something that you could be super happy with.
So give us a call.
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looking at.
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