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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona (Black), reference 126503

Rolex

Cosmograph Daytona (Black)

Ref. 126503

$27,400 · AED 100,600

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Case40mm Oystersteel and 18ct yellow gold, yellow gold bezel
DialBlack, gold counters
MovementCalibre 4131
ComplicationChronograph
BraceletOyster, Oystersteel and yellow gold
Water100m
ConditionUnworn
Year2026

The two-tone Daytona pairs Oystersteel with yellow gold for the bezel, crown, pushers and the centre links of the bracelet. The 2023 reference 126503 brought in calibre 4131, and on the black dial the counters are ringed in gold.

This Rolex Cosmograph Daytona wears a 40mm Oystersteel and yellow gold case and a black dial with gold-ringed counters. Calibre 4131 inside, on an Oystersteel and yellow gold Oyster bracelet.

Fun fact: Rolex has been the Official Timepiece of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001.

The collection

Cosmograph Daytona

Rolex's chronograph, named for Daytona Beach and read against a tachymetric scale

Rolex introduced the Cosmograph in 1963 and named it for Daytona Beach in Florida, laying it out as a driver's instrument with three counters and a tachymetric scale on the bezel for reading average speed over a measured distance. Screw down pushers arrived on reference 6240 in 1965, sealing the chronograph into the Oyster case. The movement went from hand wound to an automatic based on the Zenith El Primero in 1988, to Rolex's own calibre 4130 in 2000 and the calibre 4131 in 2023. The case grew from 37 mm on the first series to 40 mm with that 1988 generation and has stayed there since, in steel, gold and platinum.

Sizes in the family

40 mm across the current line, 37 mm on the first series references

Who it suits

For a buyer who wants a chronograph rather than a dress watch, and who is choosing on metal rather than on case size.

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