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Rolex introduced three Daytona watches, at Basel World 2014. Two Platinum and one gold! Rolex is ditching steel for Daytona watch it seems. Steel Daytona are most loved watches by Daytona fans. LuxuryVolt has covered Rolex Daytona Platinum, Diamonds in an earlier post. Lets take a quick look at other two models.
Rolex Daytona Everose Gold 2014
Daytona gets a complete everose gold makeover by Rolex. There are no ‘combination’ metal Daytona watches this time. Instead, the swiss watch maker used two tones of same metal to avoid monotony in its timepieces. Case diameter of Rolex Daytona Gold 2014 is 40mm. Dial bezel is made of polished everose gold. Tachymeter scale is engraved on Bezel. Inside, dial uses Pink gold and is given sunray finish. 8 baguette-cut diamond-set hour markers, 3 diamond-set hour markers at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock add some glamour to the all gold Rolex Daytona.
Centre hour and minute hands, small seconds hand at 6 o’clock Chronograph (centre hand) accurate to within 1/8 of a second
30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and 12-hour counter at 9 o’clock. Stop-seconds for precise time setting in Rolex Daytona Gold 2014. Power reserve of Rolex Daytona Gold 2014 Everose is 72 hours. Bracelet too is made of everose gold and flaunts much popular Oyster three peice solid links.
Rolex Daytona Platinum 116506 Circa 2014
Rolex Daytona is Platinum is back, but with less amount of brown in it. Rolex has launched another model of Rolex ref 116506. This one has pretty much the same specs. Major diff between Rolex Daytona Platinum 116506 circa 2014 and 2013 is that the latter has brown sub dials and former has ice blue sub dials. Which of the two looks better is anyone’s guess!
Another differentiating factor is 8 baguette-cut diamond-set hour markers, 3 diamond-set hour markers at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock in new Rolex Daytona Platinum 116506, 2014 version. Apart from these two factors, it is genetically similar to its predecessor.
4130, Manufacture Rolex. Approximately 72 hours power reserve. Dial and subdials are ice blue with sunray finish.
Rolex Daytona Gold 2014 Price and Rolex Daytona Platinum 2014 Price will be disclosed soon. Check out this space to know month of availability.
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