Showing posts with label Daytona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daytona. Show all posts

History of the Rolex Daytona watch


The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona remains one of the brand’s most highly-coveted watches. Here is a short history of the Rolex Daytona price, one of Rolex’s best selling watches 

Inspiration

The Dayton Rolex was named for Daytona, Florida, which hosts the most prestigious event in NASCAR, the Daytona 500. The first stock car race was held on the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1936.

Racecar drivers and racecar fans inspired the look and color of the watch. Iconic American film actor Paul Newman also famously influences the Rolex Daytona. A longtime racing fan, Newman reportedly wore his Rolex Daytona every day from 1972 until his death in 2008.

Photoshopping a Rolex Daytona platinum watch


Have you ever wonder why the product pictures of all watches look so nice? The answer is hours of image post-processing - checkout this video to get an ice of the amount of work involved in one product shot: