Some timepieces have changed the face of watchmaking and spanned the decades. From their creation to the present day, a return to the extraordinary trajectory of six dials that have become cult.
It is simply called the "Daytona". But its full name, rarely used, is much longer: the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona.
You can recognize this timepiece at first glance, even from the sidewalk opposite, with its muscular case, two chronograph pushers, its bezel adorned with a tachymeter scale and its three contrasting sub-counters. with its dial, black or white, depending on the version. Its original purpose: to allow drivers to measure time intervals and easily read the speed of a racing car.
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But why Daytona? In Florida, this hard sand beach has been dedicated to racing cars since 1903. There are countless world records that have been broken there. But it will take
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