The 1970’s were also the time when another legend became an intricate part of the history of the Daytona. To mark the start of his racing career in 1972, Joanne Woodward gifted a Rolex Daytona reference 6263, black dial with white sub-dials, http://www.replicawatchguide.co/ to her husband, movie star Paul Newman.
Although Newman wore Daytona’s until his death in 2008, one of his most famous ones must have been the Daytona reference 6241 with so-called “exotic” dial. What set this dial apart from the other Daytona dials was the fact that it featured an outer track with the hour and minute indicators that had the same color as the sub-dials.
The sub-dial for the running seconds was not divided in the usual 20, 40 and 60 increments, but showed 15, 30, 45 and 60. Newman wore this Daytona on a military-styled leather strap that he seemed to favor during a photoshoot in 1972. That photo, and Newman’s continuing passion for the Daytona, resulted in what we now call the “Paul Newman Daytona.”
The Daytona was now powered by caliber 4030, the first automatic movement ever to make it into the Daytona. Caliber 4030 was in fact Zenith’s El Primero calibre 400, yet extensively reworked by Rolex. To even further increase the reliability of this movement, Rolex reduced the beats per hour from 36.000 to 28.800, replaced the escapement and balance wheel, and removed the date function.
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