Reference Points: The Rolex Daytona

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For one of the most famous models in the history of horology, the Rolex Daytona remains stubbornly misunderstood. It arrived late in the annals of the tool watch. For years - generations, even - it was a minor player, which makes its current status all the more impressive. We'll go reference by reference and year by year with the chronograph that has auto racing coursing through its springs. But to understand the Daytona, one must first understand Rolex: the maker of myths.
We did a Reference Points before where we covered the Rolex "Paul Newman" Daytona, but this time we'll be going through the non-Newman varieties.
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Комментарии : 129

@mdfu1 Год назад

Back to basics, and I’m loving it. Democratizing watch scholarship is what made Hodinkee great, not hype-mongering. More of this please.

@youraveragepasser-by7367 Год назад

Exactly ^^^

@TheMarinheiro14 Год назад

Couldn’t concur more. Tried to watch their latest “week on the wrist”, the one with the Patek Aquanaut, and I just couldn’t do it. It just sounded so pretentious and uppity

@Ammah786 Год назад

agreed

@gs2162 Год назад

"The Daytona now is a Daytona." That's just stellar commentary right there. Bring this robot back for more insightful commentary asap!

@gs2162 Год назад

These 2 have sparkling personalities.

@Theo-ul8qm Месяц назад

Scintillating

@eea1119 Год назад

Now we’re talking

@Ninoitaliano Год назад

I absolutely love this reference points! Wish you guys would do more of them. It’s probably my favorite from Hodinkee besides talking watches. Well the older versions of talking watches

@scottlin306 Год назад

Stop scamming people

@jeanlefranc3817 Год назад

Where is Eric Wind ? This guy does a pretty good job of sounding like a robot, but he definitely cannot beat Eric.

@jonathansavage8221 Год назад

Great work Hodinkee! I really enjoyed this video and I learnt a lot too. Thank you.

@watch_MrG Год назад

As a Daytona fanboy, I really appreciated this kind of content. Great job HODINKEE ❤

@curtbrown9598 Год назад

Finally!!!Back to what makes Hodinkee great. Take a page from Rolex, subtle changes that drive quality and stay close to your DNA. Do this and the masses will continue to follow you.

@nineelevensouth 4 месяца назад

Absolutely spectacular video. Thanks for taking the time to walk us through start to finish.

@MarcelitoRecords Год назад

Love this format, pure knowledges

@karolpiotrowski3511 Год назад

This is really informative video, a lot of work must have gone into it!

@markroszkowski2537 Год назад

This is great!! You should do this for the date/datejust!

@nikhilmathur6042 Год назад

Great video. Daytona is pretty special created the same year my dad was born and easily my favorite model. Was able to get my first Daytona few months ago it’s the black dial ceramic

@derrickmartinez2147 Год назад

Congratulations

@cezarb4047 Год назад

I love how nerdy it is, ‘hey here’s a word that’s slightly further away from other words’. Beautiful watch, I love the earlier simple look

@greeeklover12 11 месяцев назад

Amazing you had all those Daytona's to show us! Picture is 1000 words! Keep up the excellent work!!!!!

@bobmclennan1727 Год назад

This was informative from a visual standpoint, but I'd love to see a companion piece to this video that explores the evolution of the Daytona's movement (especially now that a brand new one has entered the picture.)

@francoroche4662 Год назад

Love these! Keep em coming. Datejust🤞🏽

@GOLDshred Год назад

Small correction regarding the ceramic models: The 116515LN did come out in 2011, followed by the 116506 in 2013, 116500LN in 2016, and then the 116518LN & 116519LN in 2017. Thank you for an amazing episode!

@meetseth3 Год назад

That 116523 exotic Blue Racing dial @24:58 is absolutely stunning. Never seen a dial quite like that one before in a Daytona, super unqiue.

@Canteaus Год назад

You see hodinkee? People dont just complain, we can also compliment when you do what we ask for

@iamsabit1337 Год назад

Finally a great video from Hodinkee!

@phmwu7368 Год назад

All "Reference Points" are excellent Hodinkee videos !

@RolexTimex Год назад

Hodinkee is back!

@mzaycobriton Год назад

More of this please! 🙌🏻

@conorbarry1928 Год назад

Big fan of the videos that share knowledge like this, rather than only opinion

@jh-il5sb Год назад

talk about geeking out on a single watch model!......thanks for the history lesson, amazing.

@fullymechanical9055 Год назад

I think I remember reading that the Daytona was a very hard sell for the crown in the early days. Thanks for the vid, learnt a lot.

@jolness1 Год назад

They had to often sell them as a bundle according to someone I know who sold Rolex in the 70s on.

@modernworldiscrap 4 месяца назад

…the 16520 in 1988 changed the game forever

@cheemomugdoo799 Год назад

A platinum Daytona is one of the least sensible purchases a person could make, yet if I won the lottery it's probably the first watch I would buy. It's so under the radar, as most people will just think it's steel, until they pick it up.

@floridamankyle5461 Год назад

That 116506 is a Masterpiece, but the one Daytona not on the table is the sublime 116519, the Daytona Beach models, in Green or Blue, those are a Dream Watch for me.

@jolness1 Год назад

My grandfather had a white dial, zenith powere daytona. Was his only extravagant purchase that I know of. Sadly, it went to my uncle and he sold it close to 15yrs ago without telling anyone. I am on the list for a white dial one at the AD. I am happy to wait, it's a watch I have wanted to own since he first explained how they worked to me when I was 6.

@Pabloandresariza Год назад

Love these.

@zetoch Год назад

Now THAT is HODINKEE.

@JJ-fb1pw Год назад

Back to what made Hodinkee great

@thewatchagent2998 10 месяцев назад

Wow. Amazing. Well said and put

@wuaw2011 Год назад

Finally! Thank you!

@dachanist Год назад

6:08 I like that the history of the Daytona requires an explanation of the Speedmaster as a "failed" racing watch that became the space/moon watch.

@sinantuna2859 Год назад

I love the blue racing dial in the two tone case. It's so unique and my ultimate rolex

@meetseth3 Год назад

Agreed. I didnt even know that existed. That blue racing dial is exotic looking

@sinantuna2859 Год назад

@@meetseth3 yeah for some reason its very unpopular, and also its very rare. Im not a rolex fan boy and this one just really appeals to me

@gmshadowtraders Год назад

Dealers used to kick Daytonas under the table cos they were embarrassed to show them back in the day. Lol

@cemozd Год назад

Guys, do you have any plans on creating a reference points video on the legendary Rolex Datejust. Come on I think it deserves it :)

@a004 Год назад

Great episode

@Traveljournalist Год назад

very precious video !

@mhjceulen7652 Год назад

Beautiful.

@IlluminatingWatches Год назад

I read that the 6062 was marketed as cosmograph which makes sense with the moon phase and stars. Still confused as to why they dusted off the name for the Daytona…

@Theo-ul8qm Год назад

The model I am most conflicted about in this lineup is the 50th anniversary platinum daytona. The brown bezel and subdial rings seem like a strange choice to me. I’ve always thought black would look so much better, and I’ve seen the watch in person as well. Anyone else feel the same?

@kallenavn2783 10 месяцев назад

Nice to se that Alexander Skarsgard has found the joy of watch collecting

@a.zwilling3818 Год назад

WOW. All this references from the Daytona modell in a collection of one person, this would be worth more than 5 million dollars

@andyman3445 Год назад

Love this

@_BLacKWaTeR_ Год назад

Damn I was really hoping to see the mythical “Chairman’s” dial Daytona. Gold with pale blue dial

@JoeyJiggles Год назад

I would love this about the GMT!

@derosa1989 Год назад

they did it already, two years ago. check the playlist for Reference Points

@JoeyJiggles Год назад

@@derosa1989 thank you

@osmogarfield1239 Год назад

Did that 116520 at 19:01 had an "APH"-dial?

@fieryhound Год назад

Please do a Reference point on the Rolex Date!

@Burak-hq3oc Год назад

Small correction - later versions of the 116520 came with chromalight markers. So that ref hasn’t *always* featured super luminova, as stated in the video.

@Jasperroodog Год назад

awesome video

@davecorry7723 7 месяцев назад

Watching with my pre-ceramic 116518 on wrist. Man, I love me some Daytona ...

@jeromef2001 7 месяцев назад

Man this is the most beautiful of all! Incredible daytona

@batpapi52 10 месяцев назад

I miss this hodikee

@redhaharfouch8519 Год назад

How much does this table cost?

@birthdaybatter815 Год назад

You can get it on Amazon for $119.99

@simonassouline1230 Год назад

Many iterations of the Daytona, but they all carry the same DNA! Without Paul Newman, Daytona would have never reached it’s complete hype!

@josephzamorajr Год назад

Ooof amazing

@slobdog21 Год назад

Never knew the Daytona could be so interesting 😏

@kta_0187 23 дня назад

Why is it always hard to find an Oyster Cosmograph with smooth pushers instead of the screw ones.

@MunworthCrowell Год назад

full disclosure i liked this video before even watching it. that's how good i know it's going to be

@Nextman916 Год назад

the 116505 should be on here for being the first everose daytona debuted

@brockadcock2735 6 месяцев назад

"I turned the 6 upside down its a 9 now" -Drake.... or was that Rolex????

@FlyWithMe_666 Год назад

5:08 Dude, nobody but you calls it the “Le Mah’” 😂

@fingerslinguine Год назад

Aw was hoping to see the eye of the tiger daytona

@haruhitotsushima9655 Год назад

cada loco con sus temas

@structurescience 15 дней назад

Flew to Rotterdam on Saturday to buy Chrono24's cheapest 116528 in Europe. It's _abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsolutely_ gorgeous. My last watch!

@structurescience Год назад

Dream watch.

@audemarspiguet4237 Год назад

Those subdials on the Rainbow are not meteorite?

@hassanzarif8479 Год назад

This is what you would call "Dayotna Heaven"

@davidkaplan5517 Год назад

Where do the millions in watches come from for these videos

@nycLPplayer Год назад

I didn't know the McPoyle brothers were into watches. Sorry....had to.

@mchockney3664 Год назад

I'd consider myself a fan of wristwatches, yet my left foot fell asleep while watching this.

@johnm5131 5 месяцев назад

the big issue is that Rolex gave up its motorsport heritage and created a "flex" watch for status seekers. When I started in motorsports, lots of drivers had REF6263 daytonas (like Newman). Today, only the D-bag posers have the new daytonas. And why should drivers wait for years on a "list" to get a tool-watch??

@joey0359 Год назад

9:40

@mahmoud-khaled-abo-elmagd 7 месяцев назад

12:18 ❤❤

@TriforceRich Год назад

While the Zenith era may be the most "affordable", I honestly believe it is the weakest era aesthetically. The modern Daytona is a masterclass.

@robynsjp Год назад

No Daytona for me. I have never been convinced. It is a luxury piece, but it lacks the legitimate status of a Heuer, synonymous with car racing Formula One legends - Rindt, Andretti, Siffert, Ickx, Regazzoni.... It tried space, and failed. It remains a top quality luxury piece, and the Paul Newman is stunningly beautiful. But personally that legitimacy issue is a problem. The vintage ones - 1960s - are top notch, but unaffordable compared to a much more legitimate 1960s 321, or a great column wheel Heuer or UG Nina Rindt or Evil Nina. So no Daytona for me. Modern ones are just jewelry, this is for people who love luxury for the sake of luxury and that's OK.

@papricep6248 Год назад

There are thousands of dollars of watches on that table.

@Nordic_Sky Год назад

That Rainbow Daytona is fuggly. I'm sorry.

@Micantropo78 Год назад

jeeeeeeeeeezzz😍

@kevinngomez5451 Год назад

They should be teaching this at school

@fewescideas Год назад

😍

@TheMcleapfrog 2 месяца назад

Smh it’s gold crystal not gold meteorite. There are no pure gold meteorites and it doesn’t even look like a Widmanstätten pattern. I would know because I own one, besides that I liked the video.

@tassantos9148 Год назад

First comment....great stuff. The icon!

@spencertr0nic Год назад

We’re they not allowed to touch these watches or what?

@peachlandtaxi919 Год назад

Shiny ceramic bezels are a pest ⌚ Offset subdial layout is so ugly its weird VALJOUX 72 for the win

@aussieexpatwatches Год назад

First! Much over due!!!

@gackerman99 5 месяцев назад

other watches exist

@anthonycoralejo4682 3 месяца назад

One of the most interesting watches to talk about and you got two of the most boring guys to talk about it 😂

@jeanlefranc3817 Год назад

No two ways about it, the Speedmaster is cooler.

@MrArche123 Год назад

white dial 16528 has fat hands. my 2 16528 watches have skinny hands. I do not think they are supposed to have fat hands

@luisgonzalez1637 10 месяцев назад

get the foo with the deep voice please

@donjuan150 Год назад

OMG....will you ever give up on Rolex?? Some new content already.

@tylermorrisofficial 3 месяца назад

Rolex is the best

@slimeballz Год назад

I don't wear a watch because I am timeless. But if I were to wear one it would be a Daytona.

@Frank-ro5bp Год назад

Everything past the big red is straight vomit.

@g83plude Год назад

wow the rolex daytona never heard of it

@liamberkelaar8496 Год назад

need someone more enthusiasm, this guy put me to sleep.

@RolexTimex Год назад

And the Daytona is overrated in the Rolex lineup

@joebro391 Год назад

The Daytona really died when they switched to automatic movements. I know people still want and purchase the new models, but they have none of the passion that the manual-wound references have; and they are HIDEOUS

@LMGLUDA Год назад

Nobody paid attention to the Daytona until the automatic ones, then collectors started looking into the vintage ones. The thing is vintage ones were hard sellers in the 60s, 70s and also 80s. They were soon outdated as automatic chronographs started appearing in 1969, and the screw down crown was not comfortable on a manual wound watch. The automatic Daytonas actually revived the model, it became the first hard to get Rolex.

@joebro391 Год назад

@@LMGLUDA I definitely see your point. And hind sight is 20/20, but they lost something. The designs of the automatics are awful, to me. But of course, who am I?

@LMGLUDA Год назад

@@joebro391 that's a completely different topic, I quite like the automatic ones, with the 116500 being my favourite modern Daytona. Same as I love the current Explorer II, but the original 1655 has something special. I can see that. That's completely personal.