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Rolex Daytona story: Mondani editore publishes the legend

Guido Mondani Editore

Format: 31 x 41 cm
Pages: 280
Text: Italian and English
Authors: Guido Mondani and Osvaldo Patrizzi
Bound with dust jacket
Price: € 980

Available in June 2012 from the publisher Guido Mondani

It will not be just the world’s biggest book on Rolex watches (together with “Rolex Submariner Story” and “Collecting Rolex Milgauss, Turn-O-Graph, Yacht-Master, Explorer”) but also the most important edition ever done on Rolex: Rolex Daytona Story.

A limited edition, in a large format, with unpublished material, very specific content, top quality images and updated estimates of all watches covered.

All the usual features of Mondani’s editions have been combined this time with the watch, which not only represents the dream of all enthusiasts, but is also an extremely important collector’s item, the value of which will increase astronomically over the years.

The authors are Osvaldo Patrizzi and Guido Mondani, two of the greatest Rolex experts worldwide.

Throughout these pages, they illustrate all those small details which determine the enormous variations in watch value on the market today.

All references are presented with the dates of the beginning and end of production as well as specifying all their main features: push-buttons, crown, bezel, dial, crystal, bracelets, graphic details of logos, writing and hallmarks.

You will also discover many things about Patrizzi Dials, Floating Dials, inverted 6 and much more...

From the Daytona manual winding models to the Oyster Perpetual series 16500 with Zenith caliber and Oyster Perpetual series 116500 with self-winding movement and Rolex caliber.

Osvaldo Patrizzi and Guido Mondani, after years of research and study, will answer the main questions of modern collectors, like for example:

Why the name Cosmograph?
Do personalized case backs exist?

What are the indexes of the Cosmograph dials like?

Why do Rolex dials oxidize and change color?

What are the differences between that dials of the series 16500 and the ones of the series 116500?

Updated estimates of all published Rolex watches are enclosed.