Rolex

Daytona

Price Guide · 41 references
From $15,500
References priced 31
Listings 1,450
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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

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Daytona Reference Prices
$15,500 – $127,196 spread of reference medians

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.

Daytona 126500$30,485 – $36,700 $32,366 +1% 202 Daytona 116500LN$27,302 – $31,500 $29,089 +2% 197 Daytona 116520$21,000 – $24,950 $23,478 +6% 123 Daytona 126519LN$46,500 – $53,989 $49,875 0% 80 Daytona 126518LN$49,773 – $62,787 $59,314 +15% 63 Daytona 116509$41,895 – $45,983 $43,457 -2% 57 Daytona 126508$64,614 – $84,500 $73,428 +18% 56 Daytona 126515LN$47,967 – $49,925 $49,250 0% 55 Daytona 16520$25,344 – $30,000 $27,900 +6% 53 Daytona 116508$53,712 – $79,335 $72,967 +16% 46 Daytona 116503$21,334 – $24,574 $22,548 +10% 41 Daytona 126503$25,250 – $27,535 $26,102 -2% 40 Daytona 126505$55,350 – $58,000 $56,961 — 39 Daytona 116523$17,053 – $18,997 $17,771 -1% 39 Daytona 116515LN$35,258 – $43,939 $39,750 — 39 Daytona 126509$51,827 – $56,876 $54,861 — 37 Daytona 16523$14,950 – $16,353 $15,500 — 31 Daytona 116518LN$42,765 – $47,709 $44,224 — 29 Daytona 116505$45,867 – $52,465 $49,077 — 28 Daytona 116506$90,317 – $100,828 $93,637 — 26 Daytona 126506$119,916 – $124,957 $123,936 — 25 Daytona 116519LN$43,950 – $45,805 $44,157 — 23 Daytona 16528$40,784 – $44,102 $42,083 — 21 Daytona Le Mans$199,950 – $237,754 $216,428 — 12 Daytona 116519$35,005 – $42,611 $38,156 — 12 Daytona 116528$40,449 – $45,822 $41,992 — 11 Daytona 6239$28,592 – $79,580 $55,656 — 10 Daytona 116515$34,892 – $42,372 $39,593 — 9 Daytona 116518$36,889 – $47,331 $44,595 — 9 Daytona 6263$99,796 – $134,992 $127,196 — 7 Daytona 16518$24,990 – $28,850 $25,952 — 6 Daytona 116598 — — 4 Daytona 6265 — — 4 Daytona 16519 — — 3 Daytona 116589 — — 3 Daytona 126579RBR — — 3 Daytona Panda — — 2 Daytona Rainbow — — 2 Daytona 116576 — — 1 Daytona 126576TBR — — 1 Daytona 6262 — — 1
Rising Fastest
Reference Median 1-Year Change Listings
Daytona 126508 $73,428 +18% 56
Daytona 116508 $72,967 +16% 46
Daytona 126518LN $59,314 +15% 63
Daytona 116503 $22,548 +10% 41
Daytona 116520 $23,478 +6% 123
Softening
Reference Median 1-Year Change Listings
Daytona 116509 $43,457 -2% 57
Daytona 126503 $26,102 -2% 40
Daytona 116523 $17,771 -1% 39