Rolex Daytona 40mm – White ‘Panda’ Dial Steel Tachymeter Bezel Oyster Bracelet Cosmograph

Rolex Daytona 40mm — The Original. The Panda. The One That Started Everything.

Before the skeleton. Before the carbon fibre. Before the ceramic bezel and the coloured dials. There was this: a white dial, three silver-toned sub-dials, a red DAYTONA signature, and a steel tachymeter bezel calibrated to 400 units per hour. The Rolex Daytona ‘Panda’ is not simply a configuration — it is the configuration. The reference against which every other Daytona is measured. The watch that Paul Newman made legendary. The watch that Rolex has been refining since 1963, and that the market has been trying to buy since 1988.

Case & Steel Tachymeter Bezel

• 40mm 904L Oystersteel case — Rolex’s proprietary corrosion-resistant steel alloy, finished with alternating brushed and polished surfaces that define the Daytona silhouette
• Steel tachymeter bezel engraved with UNITS PER HOUR scale calibrated to 400 — the original Daytona bezel material, predating the ceramic version and carrying a different collector weight entirely
• Three chronograph pushers at 2, 4 o’clock and screw-down Triplock crown — all in matching Oystersteel
• Water resistant to 100 metres with Oyster hermetic case sealing
• Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal for absolute clarity over a white dial that deserves it

White ‘Panda’ Dial — The Most Recognised Chronograph Dial in the World

• Lacquer white main dial — pure, flat, and uncluttered; a canvas that lets the sub-dial architecture speak without interference
• Three silver-toned recessed sub-dials at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock: 12-hour chronograph counter, 30-minute chronograph counter, and running seconds — the layout that gives the ‘Panda’ its name and its visual identity
• Red DAYTONA signature between 6 and 9 o’clock — the only colour on the dial, and the most important three millimetres in watchmaking
• Applied baton hour markers in polished Oystersteel — understated, precise, and classically correct
• Slim black hands with white Chromalight luminescent fill — the counterpoint that makes the Panda’s contrast complete
• Rolex Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph inscription — the full hierarchy of Rolex precision language, presented in full

Oyster Bracelet

• Three-piece flat-link Oyster bracelet in brushed and polished Oystersteel
• Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink 5mm comfort extension
• The bracelet that transforms a racing instrument into a daily companion — equally at home in the pitlane and the boardroom
• Available in 40mm standard and 40mm High Quality variants

Chronograph Movement

• Rolex Calibre 4130 — self-winding chronograph, 72-hour power reserve
• Column wheel chronograph mechanism and vertical clutch for smooth, instantaneous start and stop
• Parachrom hairspring resistant to magnetism and temperature variation
• Superlative Chronometer certified: ±2 seconds per day

If you are building a Rolex collection, the Panda Daytona is not the watch you eventually get to. It is the watch you start with — the reference point from which every other Daytona in the catalogue makes sense. Sixty years of motorsport history on a white dial. The most essential chronograph Rolex has ever made.