With its striking, contrasted dial and famous case silhouette, there is no other watch quite like the Rolex Daytona. On the dial, the contrasted look between black and white offers the recognizable chronograph aesthetic, its date-less display supremely well-balanced and symmetrical, with a small red “Daytona” script serving as the watch’s signature.

Applied hour markers and a 12 o’clock Rolex crown punctuates the style, while a pair of lume-accented baton hands steadily indicate the time. The demand for this watch was through the roof from day one. In fact, before Rolex even released the new steel Daytona watches to their distribution network, preorders poured in and all of them were already presold before they even hit stores. There was a backlog of people waiting to get their hands on one

The excellent calibre 4130 beats away behind the dial, with 72 hours of power reserve. It would have been absolutely amazing to see an update here, but a new chronograph movement isn’t a simple thing, and the 16-year-old 4130 is still one of the best in its class, with plenty of life left in it .