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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona (Yellow Gold Baguette), reference 126538TBR

Rolex

Cosmograph Daytona (Yellow Gold Baguette)

Ref. 126538TBR

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Case40mm 18k yellow gold, diamond-set lugs
DialChampagne, baguette diamond markers
BezelBaguette diamonds
MovementAutomatic calibre 4131
StrapOysterflex

The Cosmograph Daytona has been the racing chronograph of record since 1963, and the gem set gold versions are where Rolex lets the model dress up. Same chronograph, same bracelet, a bezel cut from baguette diamonds instead of a tachymetric scale.

This Rolex Cosmograph Daytona wears a 40mm 18k yellow gold case with a champagne dial under a baguette diamond bezel, on Oysterflex. Automatic calibre 4131 inside.

Fun fact: The 2023 Daytona brought the calibre 4131 and a redesigned Oysterflex and Oyster attachment, the first real change to the movement since 2000. Rolex cuts and sets its own gem bezels in house, which is unusual even among the houses that make their own cases.

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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