Not a fan of gold watches, nor a big fan of Daytonas, but here, I can say that it is gorgeous. Enjoy, Nicolas

Rolex released the Daytona ref. 116523 in the year 2000 as part of the new-generation Daytona collection equipped with the new in-house Caliber 4130 automatic movement. The previous Daytona watches ran on caliber 4030, which was a modified Zenith El Prime

Actually went through a period of collecting vintage Speedmasters and vintage 4 digit Daytonas many years ago and accumulated quite a few beauties. Below is the previous post last month of my 6264 Paul Newman LEMON dial which is most likely the one Rolex

This article by Xupes UK (below) is a good read and coincidently, there is a 6264 Lemon coming up at a Christie's auction on May 9 😉 Xupes article :

Not the kind of stuff you see everyday. I saw quite many Daytona Paul Newman in real life, but in gold, with this lemon dial, never. The sub dials are almost chocolate... Eye catching. Thanks to our dear Don Justino to have let me taken these photos. Best

Record $1.5 million for a rare'JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL' Rolex Daytona This unique luxury watch also set a record for an online auction. Reported by maxim.com - Steve HUFF Photos & Video The Rolex Daytona Paul Newman ref. 6264 “John Player Special” isn't y

And another reason why I don't really like to post them anywhere. People are on both sides of the fence when it comes to vintage Daytonas, me included. I was into them many years ago and luckily had a chance to see literally hundreds of them pass through

The Sum of Parts is Legendary but its educational to study what makes it special. For me it was the dial it self. Just Sublime. S

Continuing my vintage Rolex theme for this week. I have on an UBER rare 6241. If we look at all the 4 digit Daytonas, the 6241 and 6264 were the rarest with 300 examples of each having been produced. If we take into account that some were lost, destroyed,