Cosmograph Daytona

COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA
COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA
OYSTER, 40 MM, PLATINUM
The Cosmograph Daytona, introduced in 1963, was designed to meet the

demands of professional racing drivers. An icon eternally joined in name and
function to the high‑performance world of motor sport. Fifty years after its creation,
the Cosmograph Daytona remains in a class of its own among sport
chronographs.
PLATINUM
Rare and precious, platinum is striking for its silvery whiteness
and vibrant luminosity. It is among the densest and heaviest
metals in the world, distinguished by unique chemical and
physical properties such as exceptional corrosion resistance.
Paradoxically, it is also soft, elastic and highly malleable, which
makes machining and polishing especially difficult, demanding
an extremely high degree of skill. Rolex always uses 950
platinum, an alloy consisting of 950‰ (thousandths) platinum,
painstakingly crafted in-house by the fine metalworkers at Rolex.
The noblest of metals for the finest of watches.
THE OYSTER BRACELET

The design, development and production of Rolex bracelets and ICE BLUE DIAL
clasps, as well as the stringent tests they face, involve advanced
high technology. And, as with all the components of the watch, The central sweep seconds hand allows an
aesthetic controls by the human eye guarantee impeccable accurate reading of 1/8 second, while the two
beauty. The Oyster bracelet is a perfect alchemy of form and counters on the dial display the lapsed time in
function. First introduced in the late 1930s, this particularly robust hours and minutes. Drivers can accurately map
and comfortable metal bracelet with its broad, flat three-piece out their track times and tactics without fail.
links remains the most universal bracelet in the Oyster collection.
START, DRIVE, STOP
The Daytona’s chronograph functions are activated by pushers that
screw down like the winding crown when they are not in use,
guaranteeing waterproofness to 100 metres. One press to start, stop
or reset the chronograph produces a crisp, clear click that was
perfected using the most advanced technology. Rolex watchmakers
also perfected the mechanism to suit the ideal finger pressure on the
pushers, and engineered it to provide an instantaneous and
accurate start to the timing without sacrificing reliability.
4130 MOVEMENT
The Cosmograph Daytona is equipped with calibre 4130, a self-
winding mechanical chronograph movement entirely developed and
manufactured by Rolex. Its architecture incorporates far fewer
components than a standard chronograph, thereby enhancing the
movement’s reliability. Like all Rolex Perpetual movements, the 4130
is a certified Swiss chronometer, a designation reserved for high-
precision watches that have successfully passed the Swiss Official
Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) tests. The chronograph
movement features a Parachrom hairspring, offering greater
resistance to shocks and to temperature variations.
REFERENCE
116506
MODEL CASE MOVEMENT BRACELET
MODEL CASE MOVEMENT BRACELET

Oyster, 40 mm, platinum Perpetual, mechanical chronograph, self- Oyster, flat three-piece links
winding
OYSTER ARCHITECTURE BRACELET MATERIAL
Monobloc middle case, screw-down case CALIBRE Platinum
back and winding crown 4130, Manufacture Rolex
CLASP
DIAMETER PRECISION Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink
40 mm -2/+2 sec/day, after casing 5 mm comfort extension link
MATERIAL FUNCTIONS
Platinum Centre hour, minute and seconds hands,
DIAL
small seconds hand at 6 o'clock.
BEZEL Chronograph (centre hand) accurate to within
Chestnut brown monobloc Cerachrom in 1/8 of a second, 30-minute counter at 3 DIAL
ceramic with engraved numerals and o'clock and 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock. Stop Ice blue
graduations seconds for precise time setting
GEM-SETTING
WINDING CROWN OSCILLATOR 8 baguette-cut diamond-set hour markers, 3
Screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring diamond-set hour markers at 3, 6 and 9
system o'clock.
WINDING
CRYSTAL Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor DETAILS
Scratch-resistant sapphire Dial with snailed small counters
POWER RESERVE
WATER-RESISTANCE Approximately 72 hours
Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex
certification after casing)
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The Cosmograph Daytona, introduced in 1963, was designed to meet the

THE OYSTER BRACELET

MODEL CASE MOVEMENT BRACELET

MODEL CASE MOVEMENT BRACELET

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