The Rolex Daytona is a chronograph family with a remarkably consistent face: three registers, a tachymeter bezel, and a dial built around elapsed time. Beneath that familiar layout, the distance from a manually wound vintage example to a modern automatic is substantial—and the bezel, pushers, and register positions help tell the generations apart.
Introduced in 1963, early Daytonas such as the 6239 used pump pushers; later references including the 6263 paired screw-down pushers with a black acrylic bezel. The automatic era arrived in 1988 with the 16520, powered by the Zenith-derived 4030. In 2000, the 116520 introduced Rolex’s own 4130, moving the running-seconds register from nine o’clock to six. That small dial change is a useful dividing line between two very different engines.
The steel 116500LN brought a black ceramic bezel in 2016, while the 2023 126500 generation introduced the 4131 and revised dial detailing. Across recent generations, steel, two-tone, and gold cases give the same chronograph architecture different personalities; selected gold versions pair ceramic bezels with Oysterflex rather than a metal bracelet.
Prices as of Nov. 2, 2026 · 1,450 listings

Each price is the median ask from one reference's own listings, and a reference needs at least five to get one. Listings that don't name a reference are left out, and nothing is blended into a family price.
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$73,428 | +18% | 56 |
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$72,967 | +16% | 46 |
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$59,314 | +15% | 63 |
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$22,548 | +10% | 41 |
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$23,478 | +6% | 123 |
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$43,457 | -2% | 57 |
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$26,102 | -2% | 40 |
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$17,771 | -1% | 39 |
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