The New Rolex Daytona Reference 1. LN (Live Pics, Thoughts, Details On Release)Now that Baselworld is three weeks behind us, we can take a minute to answer the questions you all have about this – the most talked about watch of 2. Rolex Daytona. We announced the watch's release on Wednesday, March 1. This watch is hot, and in this post we will cover the specs, the details, and give you our own thoughts on it after spending a brief moment with it in the Rolex booth. What's more, we'll give you an idea of when the first batch will hit stores, how many an authorized dealer might hope to get it in calendar year 2. The new reference of the stainless- steel Daytona is 1. LN, and it replaces 1. The 1. 16. 52. 0 was launched in the year 2. Rolex's first in- house chronograph reference – caliber 4. The 1. 16. 52. 0 itself replaced reference 1. Rolex's first self- winding Daytona – its caliber 4. Zenith El Primero movement, though as we have told you, it was modified so extensively, many of Zenith's most famous traits were no longer visible – such as the date and 3. The self- winding Daytona was launched in 1. Valjoux- powered 6. Only 5. 0 percent of Zeniths' 4. Series El Primero remained after Rolex was done modifying it. At Baselworld 2. 00. Daytona that the 2. Daytona replaces, though as we'll see today, 1. LN is much more of an evolution than a revolution in both design and technology. The watch remained 4. Rolex's proprietary 9. L steel, and the 1. Reference 1. 16. 52.
Baselworld 2. 00. In the year 2. 01. Cosmograph (detailed here), the entire world expected to see the steel Daytona get a vintage makeover. We all wanted it, but Rolex wasn't quite ready to give it to us yet – and instead gave us the platinum Daytona with brown ceramic bezel. I'll be honest, I was pretty ornery that day at Basel (ask Stephen P. I remember speaking to Jack about at a dinner that Basel – he was a frenemy then, as Ei. C of Revolution, and he put it clearly: Is a $7. Daytona we all wanted then, or worse, was it what we all deserved in celebrating 5. Cosmograph? I can say that 2. Rolex annoyance – as if the kid down the street, the one you told people was your best friend, and who happened to be the smartest, coolest, and most popular kid in the 8th grade, had forgotten to invite you to his birthday party. You're angry, dejected, but on Monday, when you see him in the cafeteria and he invites you to sit at the cool kids' table, you quickly forgive and forget, because it's him. We delve into the new Rolex Yacht-Master II for 2017, which bears the same reference number as the watch it replaces, 116680. Full review. The straps, bracelets, bracelets, armix or as everyone you want to call have undergone great changes over the years in Rolex replica watch straps. Rolex Air-King watches for the best prices. Bob’s Watches, the Rolex Exchange to buy and sell pre-owned Rolex watches at top market value. Black for the night sky, blue for day — these colors just make sense, but if you expected to find them on the bezel of one of the world’s most famous GMT watches. Air-King; Cellini; Day-Date; Datejust; Datejust II; Datejust 41; Daytona; Explorer II; Explorer; GMT Master; GMT-Master II; Lady-Datejust; Milgauss; Oyster Perpetual. Consider this new Daytona an invitation to the cool kids' table – an olive branch from the most powerful watch company in the world to every detail- oriented vintage and modern watch collector. This is the watch that makes you forgive Rolex for what it has done to youin the past because it is exactly what you wanted. What is the new Daytona? Well, it's pretty much the old Daytona, but with a black bezel. And it's also the hottest watch in the world. What's so amazing about this new Daytona is that there is nothing here, really, for us to nerd about. It is every bit the same as the 1. L case, the polished center links, the Superluminova accents, and the caliber 4. The watch is really identical to its predecessor – save for the Cerachrom bezel and slight dial tweaks – and yet here we are, so, so happy it's here. The Oyster bracelet features center polished links. Notice the black bezel against steel case. So much of this comes down to the simple power of Rolex and the truly prodigious management of its brand – a brand that, according to the Reputation Institute, is in fact the most reputable in the world. It is this expert- level management that makes the slightest change in a product – such as, say, a new bezel – seem monumentally important. Because Rolex produces icons, and the Daytona is arguably the icon in a family of nothing but icons. Each Daytona clasp features an . I would venture to say, in fact, that the Daytona is one of the best wearing watches ever made – and that includes vintage and contemporary references (many among the vintage watch world credit the Daytona's desirability to its wrist presence – with the 6. The 4. 0 mm version, which has now been around for 2. Cerachrom bezel adds a little bit of style and panache to a otherwise flawlessly designed case. Here is the new Daytona of our Head of Business Development Frank Roda. Here is the new Daytona on the wrist of Cara Barrett. Forty millimeters is such a great size, and because this isn't a dive watch like Rolex's other icons, it remains thinner and slightly more elegant on the wrist than a Submariner. All You Need To Know About The Rolex Sea-Dweller 43mm Ref. 126600 - Why It Is Like It Is? Why the 43mm diameter? Why the single red? Why the Cyclops? What's more, the Subs and GMTs have all gone through a sort of up- sizing where the the case dimensions haven't changed on paper, but the cases feel more block- like, and the lugs much more beefy. I think we all expected that when a new Daytona would hit, but we didn't get it. I, for one, am thrilled about that, though my friend Robert- Jan from Fratello expected and wanted the Daytona to get upsized a little bit. The new Daytona in black on the author's wrist. The new Daytona in white on the author's wrist. As you can see in the five pictures above, the watch looks equally great on four different peoples' wrists – and that includes Arthur, who is 6 foot 3, and Cara who is, well, not 6 foot 3. She's a woman. A young woman in fact, and both on social media and in her best of Basel story, the response from readers to her with the black- dial Daytona was unanimously positive (come on, what watch guy doesn't dream of their significant other wearing a Daytona?). The new clasp is a nice addition, but no matter what, it is the proven case size and dimensions plus new bezel that will make this new Daytona an even stronger seller than the last. In fact you see much more in that horrible yellow light of a trade show booth than you would anywhere else. In these pictures you can see every strange glare, every finger print, every scratch, but the most interesting thing to note is the almost glossiness on the dial. They appear as if they're almost enameled, or lacquered – they're not, but in these pictures, they look like they would be. The dial design is the one thing I could see someone griping about on the new Daytona. There are five lines of text at 1. Do we need all that, in particular the final line that reads ? Certainly not, but I find it charming that Rolex, after 5. Cosmograph, even though I am quite sure nobody outside a few dweebs like me know what that means. This is a Daytona to most people, and they simply could leave it at that, but they don't, which I like a lot. That said, text heavy at 1. Oh, and of course we have . Just as collectors prefer the 6. I suspect too that over time these black bezel watches will outsell their steel bezel predecessors. As for the build quality of the watch, and the wonderful caliber 4. It will tell you everything you need to know. The Daytona is the hottest watch in the world right now, with timeless design, great quality, cool factor for men and women, and a price tag that doesn't shock when you consider just what it is you're getting (U. S. I have been asked by more friends, friends of friends, readers, readers of readers, and bar- stool associates for help in getting this new Daytona than any other watch since I've started to be a part of this world. I tell them to do what anyone else would do – call your local authorized dealer and put your name on a list. It's just that simple – there is no game here to win for people who deem themselves serious buyers, or preferential treatment for people with lots of Instagram followers – Rolex doesn't do that. If you want one, you wait. A comment left by a HODINKEE reader about his chances. How long will you have to wait? Well, if you saw our breaking news story on the HODINKEE App back on March 1. AD right away, you're in a good spot. I've run into a few people who did that and they'll be fine. But if you haven't called your dealer yet, you might be waiting. I knew people would want to know what that meant in hard numbers, so I asked a few friendly authorized dealers. A smaller account based in Connecticut said they would likely receive eight watches, four in each dial color, and they currently have 2. So the other 1. 2 will probably not receive theirs until sometime into 2. Another authorized dealer in the Bay Area told me they were likely to receive 1. Then, there is the comment left by a reader that we've republished above – where he claims his dealer will get two pieces and the list is 9. I think the answer is simple here – if you haven't gotten your name in for one of the new Daytonas, you will likely be waiting a long time. And by that, I mean into 2. The first batch of watches should hit the U. S. So when that California- based dealer says he'll be getting 1. The story goes that last time around, the waitlist on a new steel Daytona would run into the years – and based on these numbers, I would say that is a possibility again here. Stinks, I know, because the watch is so great, and priced so well, but Rolex knows what they're doing, and the last thing they want to do is flood the market. This is a picture of the very first Rolex Daytona (n. It's amazing to see how far it's come, and quite cool to see them next to each other, I think. I hope you've enjoyed this little look at the new Daytona, and you can read more about it right here. Don't have the HODINKEE App yet? Get years of amazing watch content plus new stories, breaking news, and access to great new features like HODINKEE Live, free on i. Rolex GMT- Master II 1. BLRO Watch Pepsi Ceramic Red & Blue Bezel. I have to admit that it was rather surprising to see Rolex release a red and blue ceramic bezel version of the GMT- Master II (ref. BLNR) just one year after they released a blue and black version of the same watch. Indeed, as sales in Rolex stores for the . BLNR are still hot, Rolex goes ahead and completes their mission of reviving the . BLRO with a fully blue and red GMT bezel. In a sense this new watch is a dedication to the original GMT- Master timepiece from 1. We covered the watch when discussing our history of the Rolex Oyster Professional watch and explained how Rolex was late to the game with a pilot watch, but worked with Pan American (Pan Am) airline pilots to develop a timepiece for their needs. The red and blue segments of the bezel are meant to act (more or less) as an AM/PM day/night indicator, but the bright colors also happened to be rather distinctive. Eventually, Rolex came out with the updated GMT- Master II that retained the blue and red color tones for the bezel, but also added other colors as well over the years. In about 2. 00. 7 Rolex stopped producing the Pepsi bezel (as it is often known) and a bit later Rolex moved all GMT- Master II collection watches to have Cerachrom ceramic bezels. Ceramic as a material was clearly an improvement over the older aluminum bezels when it came out in 2. Rolex was able to produce bezels in a color other than black or blue. Rolex then added green with a version of the Submariner Date in 2. GMT- Master II. The major innovation there was to create a single piece of ceramic with two colors. The process is complicated and involves a sort of chemistry cooking magic during the ceramic sintering process. Can you guess what color the bezel starts out as before the baking process? It is actually green. The base ceramic material begins life as a brittle green ring which when baked shrinks and becomes red. The all red bezel is then chemically treated on the half of the surface that will eventually become blue. The completed sintering process specially developed by Rolex after years of trial and error results in a red and blue bezel, with an impressively bold set of colors that has a perfect demarcation between the two colors. It is really a brilliant effect, and no one but Rolex can come close to producing anything like it in bulk. So just one year after the blue and black version of the GMT- Master II comes a blue and red version. Clearly, Rolex has been pushing for a return to a blue and red GMT bezel for a while, and given the complexity of working with ceramic colors I am impressed at how relatively short it took them. The real question is whether people who purchased (or will purchase) a ref. BLNR have anything to be upset about. What do you think? Thumbs up (1. 1)I love it!
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