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[[File:Daytona vintage poster.webp|thumb|center|400px|alt=Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line|Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line]] | [[File:Daytona vintage poster.webp|thumb|center|400px|alt=Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line|Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona advertising — the chronograph that defined the line]] | ||
== Start here == | |||
If you only read three articles in the line, read these. | |||
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| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:6263|6263]]''' — the longest-running manual-wind Daytona. Caliber 727, screw-down pushers, acrylic bezel insert. Hosts the Albino, Big Red, RCO, and every retailer-signed branch of the manual-wind era. | |||
| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16520|16520]]''' — the first automatic Daytona. Twelve-year run on caliber 4030 (Zenith El Primero base) and the seven-mark dial progression — MK1 floating Cosmograph porcelain through MK7 Luminova — that anchors modern Daytona collecting. | |||
| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:116520|116520]]''' — the first in-house Daytona. Caliber 4130 with vertical clutch, column wheel, and a 72-hour reserve. Sixteen-year run from 2000 to 2016 and the Daytona most modern collectors picture when they hear the name. | |||
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== Manual-wind chronograph (1962–1988) == | == Manual-wind chronograph (1962–1988) == | ||
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* [[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers]]: the three Rolex serial systems (numeric pre-1987, letter 1987–2010, random alphanumeric 2010+) with year-decoder tables. | * [[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers]]: the three Rolex serial systems (numeric pre-1987, letter 1987–2010, random alphanumeric 2010+) with year-decoder tables. | ||
* [[Reference:daytona-glossary|Glossary]]: every named dial variant, movement caliber, bracelet reference, and auction landmark consolidated with per-term definitions and links to the owning reference article. | * [[Reference:daytona-glossary|Glossary]]: every named dial variant, movement caliber, bracelet reference, and auction landmark consolidated with per-term definitions and links to the owning reference article. | ||
== Related families == | |||
* [[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] — the parallel dive-watch line. Same case-era splits and the other half of the steel-sports-Rolex collector market. | |||
* [[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] — the parallel pilot line. Acrylic, sapphire, and ceramic crystal eras run on the same calendar. | |||
* [[Reference:sea-dweller|Sea-Dweller]] — the deeper-rated Submariner sibling. COMEX provenance overlaps the manual-wind Daytona auction record. | |||
[[Category:Daytona]] | [[Category:Daytona]] | ||
[[Category:Family]] | [[Category:Family]] | ||