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All Daytonas are Cosmographs but not all Cosmographs are Daytonas
\n<\/strong>The name Cosmograph was originally used on the Rolex 6062 Oyster Moonphase watch from the 1950s; where, you must admit, it made a lot more sense as a model name. It then faded away and was resurrected for the 6239 in 1963.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Daytona name almost didn\u2019t happen.
\n<\/strong>We tend to think of Rolex as a very focused and decisive firm; this wasn\u2019t the case in the 1950s & 60s; when there was often indecision about model names. The Submariner was almost called the Rolex Skin Diver and some watches found their way to the market with dials so marked, similarly some early Turn-O-Graphs are signed Monometer and the Rolex Daytona was originally planned to be called the Le Mans.<\/p>\n

A commercial failure.
\n<\/strong>Part of the reason why the manual wind Daytona is so valuable today, is that not many were made; essentially, at the time, it was a commercial failure. When I bought my first Rolex in the late 1970s (A 1675 GMT), I enquired about a discount, and the salesman responded, \u201cSorry sir, we don\u2019t discount Rolex, but if you want one of the Daytonas, I can give you 20% off\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nAll gold chronographs are Chronometers but not all say so.
\n<\/strong>The movement of the manual-wind Daytonas is different in the steel and gold versions. The steel ones have movements regulated in only three positions, whilst all the gold ones are COSC-tested chronometers. However, the dials were only marked to reflect this in the last few years of the 6263 and 6265 production.<\/p>\n

Least Rolex named watch
\n<\/strong>It is well known that all the manual-wind Daytonas used a movement from Valjoux, but what isn\u2019t so well-known is that Rolex didn\u2019t make the cases, dials, or hands, either. Cases came from Charles-Ren\u00e9 Spielmann (CRS), who also made many of the cases for Omega\u2019s Speedmaster. Singer, Beyeler, or Stern made the dials. Hands came from Universo and other Swiss suppliers. The screw-down crowns came from Boninchi (who were purchased by Rolex in 2001). However, the watches were assembled, timed and tested by Rolex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Daytonas are Cosmographs but not all Cosmographs are Daytonas The name Cosmograph was originally used on the Rolex 6062 Oyster Moonphase watch from the 1950s; where, you must admit, it made a lot more sense as a model name. It then faded away and was resurrected for the 6239 in 1963. 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