Grupo Escoteiro Bacury 185/SP

The Rolex Daytona history Since the 1930s Rolex had started to build a strong reputation as a manufacturer of versatile sport watches thanks to its ‘sealed against the elements’ Oyster case bague argent et corail rouge and famous testimonials like Sir Malcom Campbell, which can be somehow considered bague argent esprit the first Ambassador of collier de perles 150 cm the brand. In those years, Rolex produced its first chronograph wristwatch with a single push buttons on the side to start, stop and reset a separate second hand. For these chronograph models Rolex adopted movements from the company Valjoux. But it was in 1955 that Rolex introduced a manual wind chronograph in an oyster case which can be considered a precursor of the Daytona. coque iphone The Rolex Oyster Chronograph reference 6234 featured a tachometer scale on the outer ring and a telemeter scale for distances on the inner ring. From 1955 to 1961, Rolex produced about 2300 stainless steel pieces and less than 150 in 14k or 18k gold in a variety bague argent avec corail of collier de perles plates black and white dials. The three sub dials (small seconds at 9 o’clock, 30 collier de perles comment le porter minutes and 12 hours counters respectively at 3 and 6 o’clock) had different sizes in the various versions. But the real father of bague argent granité the Daytona is the reference 6238, in particular the second series which is called Pre Daytona by collectors. In fact, the first series bague argent et pierre emeraude of the reference 6238 was not significantly different from the ref. coque samsung 6234 but the second series made a jump introducing revendre collier de perles a bague argent homme tigre more modern style adopting the baton hands, faceted hour markers and monochromatic dials (silver, black and ardoise). The telemeter scale was removed while the tachometer scale was still on the dial. The bezel was smooth and polished with a case diameter of 37 mm. The Valjoux cailbre 72 chronograph movement proteger bague argent was customised by Rolex and renamed 72 B, then 722 in the years 1965 1967. When he started his race car driver career in 1972, his wife Joanne Woodward gifted him with a rare and exclusive version of the Cosmograph Daytona a reference 6239 fitted with what the brand called an dial. That same year he was also photographed with the watch on his wrist in a famous picture that will be later featured in the Rolex sponsored photographic book “Paul Newman Les images d’une vie” by Pierre Henri Verlhac and Yann Brice Dherbier, Phyb Editions. Newman is here wearing his Daytona on a leather military strap, for many bague argent feuille mandragore years his favourite option. Even if Paul Newman was not a Rolex ambassador or otherwise connected to the Swiss bague argent plaque or manufacturer, he was a coloriage dun collier de perles Rolex enthusiast and over the years it bague argent green lantern has become common to identify any Rolex Daytona with exotic dial as “The Paul Newman Daytona”. In particular, a Paul Newman dial must be in a reference 6239, 6241, 6262, bague argent femme avec diamant 6263, 6264 or 6265 watch, installed by Rolex as original. coque iphone The Paul Newman Daytonas are today among the most sought after models by Rolex collectors. In bague argent pierre carre 2013, during a special Rolex themed auction held in Geneva, Christie’s sold a rare Daytona Ref. 6263 in steel, manufactured in 1969, for the amount of 989,000 Swiss Francs (approx 1,089,186 US Dollars). The watch remained dormant in the Swiss retailer’s vault for years, before being sold in 1978. In 1984 Rolex produced la gauchiste en collier de perles few examples of Cosmograph Daytona with gold bague argent camaieu cases bague argent ambre rectangulaire and diamond set dials and bezel (ref. bague argent argent 6269 with brilliant cut and ref. 6270 with baguette cut). A breakthrough year was 1988, when Rolex started manufacturing a brand new Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona, the reference 16500 series. The new chronograph was available in three versions: in steel (ref. 16520), in steel and gold (ref. 16523), and in gold (ref. 16528). There were several novelties compared to previous models. The case diameter increased from 37 mm to 40 mm and a sapphire crystal replaced the Plexiglas. Available in white or black, bague argent femme tête de mort the dial was lacquered with metal hour indexes inlaid with luminous material and sub dials with scales in contrasting colours (silver for the black dial and black for the white one). The Daytona was now available only with screw down push pieces. But the most important novelty was represented by the adoption of a new automatic movement based on the famous Zenith El Primero 400 calibre, at the time considered the best automatic chronograph movement available on the market. Rolex made lot of changes to align the new movement to the Daytona specifications and to increase the reliability while reducing the need for maintenance: vibrations per hours were reduced from 36,000 to 28,800, the date function was removed and a new escapement and a new balance replaced the original ones. coque huawei The result was marked as Calibre 4030, the first automatic chronograph movement housed in a Daytona model. The success of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 16520 was exceptional. The limited production, due to limited supply of the base movement from Zenith, and the strong demand made the watch even more desirable soon achieving a cult status. coque samsung Its success had an impact also on the previous Daytona models, as witnessed by auctions results. In 1991 Rolex produced a special series of just 10 examples bague argent nacre et zirconium of Reference 16528 in yellow gold with a a galvanised blue dial with soleil details and a bezel graduated to 400 units per bague argent prehnite hour.