Rolex

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Breaking News: The Rolex Milgauss Is Now Discontinued (HODINKEE)

Every year at Watches & Wonder (or Baselworld for the OGs), we take in all the new releases from Rolex. But with new additions, come discontinuations.

But considering that the Milgauss, as a brand unto itself, is one of the pinnacle Rolex sport models dating back to 1956, I doubt it will be gone for long. At least not at Watches & Wonders. Time will tell if – and how – a new Rolex Milgauss enters the brand's lineup. And now, it's gone – erased from the Rolex website. Loading... It's the way of the world, the circle of life.

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Here Are Rolex's Novelties for 2023 (HYPEBEAST)

Spanning eight different models and multiple references, the lineup consists of iconic silhouettes from the entire Oyster Perpetual range, including the likes ...

Boasting a simple, highly-legible, and robust build, the timepiece is highly resistant to corrosion and is safe to use even in the harshest of environments and climates. As a testament to Rolex’s mastery of gem-setting, the new Day-Date 36 is presented in three glimmering dial options comprising green aventurine, carnelian stone, or turquoise. Perhaps the most colorful reference in Rolex’s latest drop, the Oyster Perpetual is introduced to a marvelous turquoise-hued dial that’s decked with multi-colored bubbles. Arriving in an 18-carat yellow gold as well as a yellow Rolesor version, the new GMT-Master II features gray and black ceramic Cerachrom bezel inserts for a harmonious contrast. Dubbed “an icon defying time” by the Maison, the collection receives an updated dial with a new graphic balance, as well as resized indices and counter rings. Read on for the full list of Rolex’s lineup of watches for the annual event.

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Rolex's Biggest Releases of 2023 Are… (GQ Magazine)

It's Christmas morning for watch collectors. Rolex just announced its calendar of new releases for 2023 on the first day of the industry's biggest trade show, ...

Only the most desirable color combinations are part of the revamped Daytona line. Here are the new releases from Rolex. The Crown’s new releases are always the most anticipated by collectors.

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Introducing: The Rolex Sky-Dweller In Two New Dial Colors (HODINKEE)

Look up. Rolex just released two new Sky-Dwellers. These dial colors are a fun addition to Rolex's most complicated modern watch. The mint green dial is a ...

336934; ref. Complicated and 42mm, the Sky-Dweller isn't my typical kind of watch. This new movement includes the Chronergy escapement and is fitted with a blue Parachrom hairspring, made in a paramagnetic alloy. Both new iterations remain true to Sky-Dweller form: 42mm diameter, fluted bi-directional rotating bezel, 100 meters water resistance, dual time zone, and Saros annual calendar. These dial colors are a fun addition to Rolex's most complicated modern watch. Loading...

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Rolex's New Watches for 2023: New Daytonas, Zany Day-Dates and ... (Robb Report)

From Fresh Daytonas to an Emoji Date Wheel: Rolex's Bold New Watches Surprise and Delight · Looks like the Crown is shedding its inhibitions. · Cosmograph Daytona.

Faithful to what wowed watch-lovers on the Day-Date’s launch in 1956 (it was the first calendar wristwatch to show not only date but the day of the week, spelt out in an arc-shaped window at 12 o’clock), the new pieces are—natch—fitted on a President bracelet, in keeping with the “Rolex President” nickname that arose from the piece being favored by Lyndon B. Also enhancing that legibility is a Chromalight display which gives off a pleasing blue glow in poor light dark conditions but during daylight hours offers up a strikingly bright white hue. These juxtapose elegantly with the name “GMT‑Master II,” rendered on the dial in powdered yellow. The bidirectional rotatable bezel, meanwhile, is in matte black ceramic with raised numerals, complementing a black dial with a fine satin finish. Many predicted the arrival of a Daytona (or perhaps a Submariner) rendered from an alloy known for its strength and lightness. It includes a Chronergy escapement, Syloxi hairspring and Paraflex shock absorbers, not to mention bridges finished with Rolex Côtes de Genève (keen-eyed observers will note the polished groove between each band). All house the new calibre 4131 movement, an evolutionary step up from calibre 4130, which features bridges decorated with Rolex Côtes de Genève finishing. As it turns out, the next-gen versions of this iconic motorsport chronograph have been subject to a number of subtle aesthetic twists. Would any new releases prove as singular as the platinum iteration of the latter, introduced when it turned 50? Given what attendees beheld for the first time in Geneva today, we’d implore readers to take advantage. What impact this has on how likely those without an authorized dealer on speed-dial are to get hold of a piece remains to be seen. Would the most lauded haute horology outfit on the planet pitch a curveball to match that of last year’s “Southpaw” GMT-Master II with green and black bezel, or the titanium Deepsea Challenge that raised eyebrows in the watch-loving community a few months after it?

A Farewell to Rolex's Milgauss Watch: Discontinuation of a Cult ... (NNN)

Rolex's Milgauss, an anti-magnetic “scientist's watch,” is no more. The brand's popular sport model, with a green crystal, orange lightning bolt seconds ...

It is the end of an era for a watch with a unique design that proved itself as one of Rolex’s most intriguing models, made more valuable to collectors by its rarity. The announcement of the Milgauss’s discontinuation will sadden many watch lovers as the model was a cult favorite. It also held the distinction of being one of the wildest-looking Rolex sport models of the modern era.

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Rolex Wows Fans With New Daytona, Zany Dials, and a Totally New ... (Bloomberg)

As the Watches and Wonders trade show gets underway in Geneva, collectors have their eye on every move from the leading Swiss brand.

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Rolex Releases New Oyster Perpetual Watches With "Celebration ... (aBlogtoWatch)

Can't pick between all the vibrant Oyster Perpetual dial colors that Rolex launched back in 2020? The Crown has got you covered with three new Rolex Oyster ...

126000, and $6,400 for the Oyster Perpetual 41 ref. The new Celebration dials are available on the Oyster Perpetual 31, Oyster Perpetual 36, and Oyster Perpetual 41 watches. 277200, $6,100 for the Oyster Perpetual 36 ref.

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Rolex announces a hefty lineup of new watches for 2023 (British GQ)

Setting a playful standard for 2023, Rolex uses bubbles of colour, all our favourite emojis as well as incremental changes to show its unadulterated fun ...

It says a lot for Rolex as a brand when its basic models are this good, but the bubble-fest today takes it to another level of art-as-dial or vice versa. The tables have been turned upside down with baby blue Oyster Perpetuals in 41mm, 36mm, and 34mm that feature a bubble-fest of a dial encapsulating the entire rainbow of the nouveau Stella O.P.s. The baby-blue versions – they were pre the [Patek x Tiffany Nautilus](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/watches/article/jay-z-patek-philippe-tiffany-and-co) FYI – becoming Submariner-scarce at the dealers was as much of a shock to Rolex as anyone else we imagine. Rolex’s reprise of the collector-cult Stella dials from the ’70s was a raging success, with the likes of genuine watch nerd [King Kendrick avidly](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/watches/article/kendrick-lamar-rolex-oyster-perpetual) courting them. Anyone who’s ever suggested Rolex is not a brand that needs to surprise or excite outside its age-old art of subtlety isn’t wrong. Here are our favourite Rolex releases of 2023.

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Hands-On: The Rolex Perpetual 1908 Might Just Be The Dressy ... (HODINKEE)

Goodbye Cellini. Say hello to the dressy new Perpetual collection and the Perpetual 1908.

With the new 1908, Rolex has captured this heritage in a way I haven't seen it do in years. Besides the 1908, we (the Hodinkee "we") passed around a lot of sport watches from a handful of brands today at Watches & Wonders – Rolex, Tudor, IWC, even Lange (though The price puts the 1908 in the same neighborhood as an A. On the inside, the strap is green, another simple "Rolex being Rolex" touch. [explored before](https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/new-rolex-oyster-perpetual-34-release-you-probably-missed-introducing), it's notable to see Rolex continue down the path of using two different kinds of hairsprings across its models, and today we're seeing the Syloxi in a larger watch for the first time. And now, in a first for Rolex, the new automatic caliber 7140 can be seen through a sapphire caseback. I'll drone on about the need for smaller dress watches as much as the next guy, but I've gotta admit: I didn't mind the case size one bit. The case is polished, and while we weren't able to get any other measurements from Rolex, the watch is thin (maybe 9mm?) and has a slim profile on wrist. But there's something about a yellow-gold Rolex with a black dial that feels like giving order to a chaotic world. After wearing both for about an equal amount of time – that's about 30 minutes each, for the entirety of our one-hour meeting with Rolex – the black paired with the yellow gold was my favorite of the bunch. And man, if the first Perpetual 1908 is what we can expect for the future of the collection, we might be in for a whole new side of Rolex. Loading...

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Rolex stuns with 'emoji' watch debut (Yahoo Finance)

With a special model released today, Rolex is taking another step into the “hype watch” space - whether traditionalists like it or not.

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5 exciting Rolex timepieces at Watches and Wonders 2023: from the new Cosmograph Daytona and 1908 to the GMT ... (South China Morning Post)

... and the decadent GMT Master-II in 18-karat gold; The all-new 1908 is named after the year that founder Hans Wilsdorf registered the brand 'Rolex'; meanwhile, zany dials were featured on the Oyster Perpetual and precious stones on the Day-Date 36.

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New Rolex 2023 watch designs and releases: Daytona, 1908, and ... (Business Insider)

The most coveted Rolex of all, the Cosmograph Daytona, is getting a few touchups for its 60th anniversary. Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 60th Anniversary. Rolex.

"Sleek, monochromatic, and lightweight." Wow!" Source: "The Rolex Yacht-Master 42 Is the showstopper… "It's hard to improve perfection, so no surprise here," Bob's Watches CEO Paul Altieri told Insider.

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Rolex Unveils Latest Models From Watches & Wonders 2023 - Maxim (Maxim)

The all-star watch lineup includes a stunning new Cosmograph Daytona.

An annual calendar, for good measure, is powered by a new 9002 caliber movement. That announcement was led (arguably) by the 60th anniversary edition of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. The watch is a nod to the 1931 Oyster Perpetual, and worthy of any Rolex collection centered around the watchmaker’s famed dive timepieces.

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Paul Newman Rolex Daytonas, Found in a Desk, Could Sell for ... (The Wall Street Journal)

Sotheby's revealed its June auction of the late actor's effects will now feature two Rolex Daytonas found at his estate.

[30% off eBay coupon](https://www.wsj.com/coupons/ebay) “They were just in a box on his desk.” “There they were with his driver’s license,” said Ms.

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Hands-On: The Newest Additions To The Rolex GMT-Master II ... (HODINKEE)

A solid gold Rolex is never the wrong choice, and this newest Jubilee bracelet-laden GMT is very choice.

The Hodinkee shop carries a variety of used and pre-owned Rolex watches, [explore the collection here.](https://shop.hodinkee.com/collections/rolex-brand) Every time I thought my preference was for the all-gold, I would spot the two-tone on the other end of the table and ask to see it a second and third time. It's the sort of combo of watches where there's no wrong choice (just a vast difference in price with the two-tone costing CHF 15,700, and the all-gold, CHF 37,100. In the end, it's a watch that lacks the splashiness of an emoji Day-Date but makes up for it with miles of pitch-perfect simplicity in both versions. And, to be honest, a solid yellow gold GMT and a Rolesor (steel and yellow gold two-tone) GMT are not necessarily surprising watches. [predictions post ahead of the show](https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/what-will-rolex-release-at-watches-and-wonders) you'll see a lead image of a solid gold GMT-Master II on a jubilee bracelet.

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Two Rolex Daytonas Owned by Paul Newman Are Headed to Auction (InsideHook)

Sotheby's announced Tuesday that two highly coveted Rolex Daytona watches belonging to Paul Newman will sell at auction in June 2023.

To put that into perspective, Newman sold the “Zenith” Daytona at a charity auction in 1999 for $39,000, which was the highest-priced sale of the night (it is believed someone bought it to give back to him later on). Up for auction is a 1993 Rolex reference 16520 “Zenith” Daytona, which was gifted to 70-year-old Newman after he and his team won the GTS-1 class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona, an endurance car race; he was the oldest driver ever to win. “Newman cemented his legacy with watch collectors through his influence on Rolex’s most sought after model, the Daytona,” Leigh Safar, Sotheby’s head of sale for Important Watches, Americas, said. [auctioned in 2020 for $5.5 million](https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/NY080120/38). This coincides with the auction house’s larger [slate of events](https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/the-world-of-joanne-woodward-and-paul-newman) dedicated to the late actor and actress Joanne Woodward, his widow, which will include “a series of sales consisting of more than 300 individual items that the legendary actors assembled and enjoyed throughout their 50-year marriage, to be offered across dedicated live and online auctions this June.” [a song written about the pair](https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/watches/paul-newman-daytona-rolex-watch-song).

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A Pair of Paul Newman's Personal Rolex Daytona Watches Head to ... (Barron's)

Two rare Rolex Daytona watches owned by Hollywood icon and race car driver Paul Newman will be auctioned at Sotheby's this June. Each carries an estimate of ...

However, the actor was seen wearing the watch again years later, thought to be purchased back by one of his loved ones, Sotheby’s said. One of the Rolexes, a stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, from circa 1993 with a reference number 16520, was given to Newman after his racing team won the TS-1 class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona Race. The caseback of the watch is inscribed “Drive Very Slowly Joanne.”

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Watches and Wonders 2023: Rolex Drops Two New GMT-Master II ... (Watchtime.com)

Rolex expands its GMT-Master II collection with two new iterations: one clad in 18 kt yellow gold and Oystersteel and the other in yellow gold.

The GMT Master II’s Oyster case has a diameter of 40mm and is water-resistant to 100 meters. Intended to evoke the passage of the sun and the alternation of day and night, this is an entirely new color combination the GMT-Master II. Also new is the material-coordinated Jubilee bracelet, a five-piece link bracelet equipped with an Oysterlock folding safety clasp.

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Sotheby's to Offer Paul Newman's Historic Rolex Watches This June ... (Martin Cid Magazine)

NEW YORK, 28 March 2023 — Exactly one month ago, Sotheby's announced The World of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, a series of sales consisting of.

The track was completely closed to the public, granting Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s loved ones complete privacy, as they got to observe the Hollywood-star turned racing mogul zoom past them in his 700 horsepower GT1 Corvette, completely at ease. In 1995, Paul Newman – Hollywood legend and veteran race car driver – claimed victory in the GTS-1 class at the 24 Hours of Daytona, an endurance race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The watch is further distinguished by an inscription on the caseback which reads; ‘Drive Very Slowly Joanne.’ For Joanne Woodward, this phrase was meant to hug Newman’s wrist, and trigger a reminder to keep his hands at 10 & 2 while navigating life in the fast lane. $500,000 – 1 million), was presented to Paul after his team won the GTS-1 class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona Race at the age of 70, becoming the oldest driver to ever do so, and the reference 116519 (est. As Rolex celebrates 60 years of the Daytona this year, we are proud to share in that milestone and present two models worn and owned by the Hollywood legend, which narrates the everlasting love he shared with his wife, Joanne, and his deep passion for racing. [The World of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman](https://tracking.launchmetrics.com/?ref=LhQAAPbUfKr5_Kq8qQzb3Ry8Sa4D-MB9AQAAAKGP3SAytaA_40LA9nEGczlQVBCCzHFvKIqNjuv5aIbcwihoiqn4RKLVUKNCgdLhGC8LG-yO_pBiSGbyiC1CAbsIo6o3gSc1iNOlAOkt6EVMsMOLu4TcjixIIY_N0yx_iL3cOM3vn7T1bL4KeWz4jOQjYE3GWmHl52PnU2GcYrp-k-0mKIb_5W2Ris5iJA3BKmANVS64zXbXlxk3GPg9g8WairB-jdDOXPcVxKp5gXdBs7vfyzmRDJFg_Iug6GiENtL6hYSjHrSCAj0czrGVKmFwU_z5BfBv36upDIeUnifE), a series of sales consisting of more than 300 individual items that the legendary actors’ assembled and enjoyed throughout their 50-year marriage, to be offered across dedicated live and online auctions this June.

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Hands-On: Rolex Day-Dates With Stone Dials, Inspirational Words ... (HODINKEE)

The watch is available in white gold and yellow gold with turquoise as the dial base color, or in Everose with an orange base color. Both dials include a ...

I'm trying everything in my power not to make a bad joke about this watch being a "Live Laugh Love" sign for your wrist. Ben Clymer joked about a collector calling this watch a line in the sand for the brand. Usually this feeling is reserved for brands like Richard Mille (which, as devoted Hodinkee readers will know, recently released its own The new Day-Dates are equipped with caliber 3255, which incorporates the patented Chronergy escapement. As do the stone studded diamond-set hour markers and Roman VI and IX. I couldn't find a good example of an actual watch, but this color just screams 1970s. An alternative fantasy would be to wear it on a yacht I had chartered to take me from Ibiza to Formentera. I was lucky enough to try on the carnelian dial in yellow gold today. If you're anything like me, you might need to let the shock subside before forming a lucid opinion on this watch. And all are, of course, fitted on a President bracelet. These include a kissy face, a four-leaf clover, an eight ball, a heart, a peace sign, and the Rolex coronet (petition to Apple on behalf of the watch community to make that an official emoji). Loading...

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Two Rolex Watches Owned by Paul Newman Are Headed to ... (Robb Report)

The Hollywood actor's one-off "Zenith" Daytona and classic Daytona could each sell for between $500000 and $1 million at Sotheby's New York in June.

This actually coincides with the 50th-anniversary celebration of the auction house’s presence in Asia. This year also marks six decades years since the introduction of the Daytona. “Newman cemented his legacy with watch collectors through his influence on Rolex’s most sought-after model, the Daytona.” It is distinguished by a caseback engraving that reads: “Drive Very Slowly Joanna.” Legend has it, the phrase was a reminder from his betrothed to keep his hands a 10 and 2. The one-off “Zenith” Daytona (ref. Now the auction house has shared that a pair of Newman’s historic Rolexes will go under the gavel this summer.

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Paul Newman's Rolex he won in famed 24-hour race expected to ... (Daily Mail)

The watches are being auctioned by Sotheby's this June and could fetch millions. One watch is a white 1993 Rolex Daytona Zenith, the other a black 2006 ...

He wore it on the racetrack Lime Rock Park in 2008 during his final race before his death later that year, according to the Wallstreet Journal. The watch was previously auctioned in 1999 after Newman donated it to a charity auction. Paul Newman wearing what appears to be his 1993 Rolex Daytona Zenith 16520 in Mexico City in 2007. The back of Paul Newman's watch which he won in 1995 during the Daytona 24 One of the watches - a white-faced chronograph with a metal band - was awarded to Newman after he won the 24 Hours of Daytona race in 1995, and the other - black-faced and with a leather band - was given to him by his wife and is inscribed with the advice 'Drive Very Slowly Joanne.' The white-faced Daytona is a 1993 Rolex Daytona Zenith 16520, with 'Rolex at Daytona 24 Paul Newman Rolex Motorsports Man of the Year 1995' inscribed on the back.

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Paul Newman's Rolexes celebrating his racing career up for auction (FRANCE 24)

Two Rolexes that carried "sentimental" value for actor Paul Newman will be auctioned as part of a broad collection of the late icon's personal effects, ...

He was 70 years old at the time and became the endurance contest's oldest winner. The 'Zenith' Daytona Rolex was presented to Newman in 1995 to mark his victory in Florida's 24 hours of Daytona Race in the GTS-2 category. On Tuesday the auction house unveiled the two Rolex Daytonas, classic and coveted watches that celebrate the model's 60th anniversary this year, and which Sotheby's said Newman wore during his celebrated racing career.

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Paul Newman Rolex Daytonas, found in a desk, could sell for millions (Fox Business)

The pair of chronographs is destined to cause a commotion in the watch world when they're put up for auction as part of the sale of mementos from the estate ...

But photos of Newman brandishing this hard-to-find watch sent collectors on the hunt—sending prices to the ceiling. The actor received the watch from his wife around the late ’60s, coinciding with the start of his time-consuming side-gig behind the steering wheel. The first timepiece, a 1993 Rolex reference 16520 "Zenith" Daytona with a pearly white dial, was awarded to Newman in 1995 when his racing team won the 24 Hours of Daytona Race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Newman’s steel watch hammered at $39,000, which he directed to his charity "The Hole in the Wall Gang," a The sale of Newman’s Rolex Daytona reference 6239 for $17.8 million three years prior remains the high-water mark for his watches. That ’93 Daytona meant so much to Newman that either he or someone in his life later repurchased the watch. Woodward, and bears the inscription "Drive Very Slowly Joanne" on the caseback. So low-key was Newman about his watches that his daughter wasn’t previously aware of the buyback tale. (The actor, the founder of Newman’s Own, was also known for his philanthropic ventures.) He is most closely associated with the Daytona model; his late-1960s version with an "exotic" dial sold for nearly $18 million in 2017. "He did not put his watches on a pedestal," said Ms. "They were just in a box on his desk."

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