Daytona 126537 replica

In 2013, driver Scott Pruett won for the fifth time with his team. “It’s all about this watch,” he said a few days before winning the championship. Today, this competition that kicks off the American racing season is often referred to simply as the “Rolex Race,” derived from this prestigious prize.

The Cosmograph Daytona is also the competition timepiece of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and is also the watch worn by Rolex spokesperson Tom Kristensen. Kristensen is the only driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times. In 2013, Rolex once again strengthened its ties with motorsport by becoming a major partner of Formula One, demonstrating a shared pursuit of performance, innovation, precision, and excellence.

The Daytona watch, like all other legends, retains a mystery about its success. In 1988, the appeal of this Rolex chronograph doubled after the launch of a newly designed self-winding model, and its charm has continued unabated ever since. In 2000, Rolex equipped this watch with a new high-performance automatic winding movement. This movement is completely designed and manufactured by Rolex, without any pretension. Its innovation is a symbol of Rolex‘s watchmaking knowledge and expertise, setting new standards for chronograph watches in terms of robustness, reliability, and precision.

More than fifty years after its introduction, it is still developing and evolving. Rolex has never changed its approach: it strives to design and manufacture ideal chronograph watches in order to comply with the brand’s philosophy of striving for perfection. Beyond that, legends tend to live on beyond their creators.