Rolex Daytona Black Ceramic Bezel

After many price increases the surcharges for used steel models became smaller and so too did the waiting lists until 2016 when rolex unveiled a steel daytona with a ceramic bezel.

Rolex daytona black ceramic bezel.

The original stainless steel and gold bezels are very easy to scratch and harder to buff out without removing the baked in paint used for the markers. The wait is over with the new for baselworld 2016 rolex cosmograph daytona reference 116500ln in 904l steel. It s about time the steel rolex daytona got an upgrade as it s been about sixteen years since we ve seen it refreshed. 116500ln flaunts a retro vibe especially with the white panda dial given its resemblance to vintage daytona.

And although ceramic is a modern addition to luxury watches the daytona ref. Blending of high technology with sleek aesthetics the black bezel is reminiscent of the 1965 model that was fitted with a black plexiglas bezel insert. It uses a new monobloc cerachrom bezel in black ceramic with an updated tahcymeter design shedding the older engraved metal bezel. A key part of the model s identity is the bezel engraved with a tachymetric scale for measuring average speeds of up to 400 miles or kilometres per hour.

Ceramic bezel will fit men s rolex daytona models that match the measurements in the pictures. On the other hand the black ceramic bezel lends a formal touch to the daytona 116500 kind of like throwing on a blazer over a t shirt to dress it up. This bezel will make your watch look like the brand new daytona s rolling out of the rolex workshops. The platinum daytona with an ice blue dial and brown ceramic bezel tops the price range for current timepieces at approximately 83 000 usd.

A ceramic bezel had long been available on rose gold models and the platinum daytona made for the 50th anniversary in 2013 had one too so it s not that. Our wide selection is eligible for free shipping and free returns. Over a decade ago rolex patented a type of ceramic alloy and named it cerachrom where cera is from the word ceramic and chrom is from the latin word for color the new material made its debut on an 18k yellow gold gmt master ii model in 2005 in the form of a black bezel.