Paul Newman rocking His DAYTONA REFERENCE 6263

 

...Rolex Ultra-Super Coolness...

Paul Newman

RACE TRACK DAYTONA

REFERENCE 6263

I recently discovered this vintage Rolex Magazine cover from Japan which features a great photo of Paul Newman rocking his famous black dial Reference 6263 on a bund strap. There is also a bizarre red dial Daytona model on the cover which looks kind of cool, but unfortunately it’s a Fugazi. Back in 2008, I showcased several red dial Daytona models that appeared in the wild, which look super cool, but the best scholarship suggests they were real Rolex Daytona models with modified dials, or perhaps prototype dials. Even though Rolex NEVER made a red dial Daytona, I thought they looked so cool, I created a dream red dial Daytona design reference for one back in 2008.

Day-Date 40 With Green Matte Dial

The Color of Money

Rolex Day-Date

With Green Lacquered Dial

The thing about Rolex watches, is often times you fall in love with a model, and then you just can't seem to get her out of your head, and that's the case here...well actually it's more the dial...Rolex introduced this magnificent beauty at Watches and Wonders back in 2022, and at the time a few escaped the press releases though they had never been in the Rolex catalog before. And they deserve a mention. Check out Jake's story, for example, on his favorite release of 2022, a release that flew under the radar: The Datejust 41 blue fluted motif dial.

The Rolex that caught my eye at the time was the then new 40mm Day-Date in yellow gold⁠ with a lacquered green dial and gold Roman numerals which also escaped media coverage. I find the watch just absolutely beautiful. Long-time watch aficionado Kristian Haagen was able to try one on. This was a new 2022 model.

Photo Credit: Kristian Haagen

The yellow gold combined with this green dial reminds me a lot of the discontinued yellow-gold GMT-Master II. 

I find this new Day-Date beautiful; it's pure class and surely deserves to be highlighted.

Photo Credit: @Watchesbykell

1963 Rolex GMT-Master Ad

...Retro Rolex Coolness...

1963 German Rolex GMT-Master Ad

This is such a cool retro Rolex GMT-Master Ad that features a Reference 1675. It reads:

"Today in London—tomorrow in Paris—and next week in Tokyo! And he always keeps his appointments on time.  

Because the Rolex GMT-Master specifies - after your own choice - the exact time of two different places on earth. 

The Rolex GMT Master is naturally waterproof, automatic and also displays the date. It reminds you of meetings and can also be used as a chronograph.

Do it like the PAA pilots and like this successful businessman: Wear a Rolex!

We are happy to show you the latest models without obligation."

Allemann

Speaking of Retro Cool, the "London, Paris, Tokyo" in the ad above reminds me of the super catchy lyrics from the New WAVE Pop Muzik song from 1979, which goes: "New York, London, Paris, Munich!!" M-Pop Muzik was one of the first songs that launched the New Wave genre in the 1980s

Pop Pop Pop Musik 

Pop Pop Pop Musik 

Pop Pop Pop Musik 

Pop Pop Pop Musik 

Radio, video 

Boogie with a suitcase 

Your livin' in a disco 

Forget about the rat race 

Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake 

Try some buy some fee-fi-fo-fum 

Talk about, pop musik 

Talk about, pop musik 

Shoobie doobie do wop 

I wanna dedicate this 

Pop pop shoo wop 

Everybody made it 

Shoobie doobie do wop 

Infiltrate it 

Pop pop shoo wop 

Activate it 

New York, London, Paris, Munich 

Everybody talk about pop musik 

Talk about, pop musik 

Talk about, pop musik 

Pop pop pop musik

Pop pop pop musik  

Singing in the subway 

Shuffle with a shoe shine 

Fix me a molotov 

I'm on the headline 

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR

Okay, I am wandering off the reservation again, but hey, that's what makes it Jake's Rolex World, but Pop Muzik reminded me of this other great, upbeat, dreamy New Age song which was the very first music video that was ever played on MTV when in launched back on January 8, 1980. You gotta love this song, and you gotta love the 80s!!! 

A Paul Newman Daytona In The Sun: Dr. Strong's Rolex Exotic Dial Daytona

A Paul Newman Daytona In The Sun

Dr. Strong's Rolex Exotic Dial Daytona

Speaking of Beautiful Women Wearing Mens Rolex Watches...

...Super Leggy Model...

Filippa Hamilton Palmstierna

Stainless Rolex Daytona

Sorry, I could not resist this image of Super-Leggy-Model Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele sporting a mens Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona with a Black Dial. Ouuuuuuuuch!!! Oh Behave!!!!

Yellow Gold Submariner

 ...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

Yellow Gold Submariner

I remember when I first saw this yellow gold Rolex Submariner photo on Instagram which was published by The Rolex Boutique in Tel Aviv, Israel and it blew my mind...talk about timeless...and therein lies a paradox of Rolex in the sense they are excellent time keepers, but they look so good, they transcend time...

1968 Rolex Magazine Ad Black Bezel Japanese GMT-MASTER

1968 Rolex Magazine Ad

Black Bezel Japanese GMT-MASTER 

Nick Gould recently discovered this super cool Japanese Rolex Magazine ad for the GMT-Master, and beside looking really great, it seem to be one of the first ads fro the all black bezel GMT-Master which I believe Rolex first introduced in 1967-1968. 

The earliest know photo I am aware of somebody rocking the all black bezel GMT-Master was Gunter Sachs who is pictured above and below rocking his all black bezel GMT-Master. Gunter was a German photographer, film director, mathematician, author and ultra successful industrialist. He was also married to the stunning Bridget Bardot.

Studio Shot Of The Day... EverRose Gold Yacht-Master

...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day...

YACHT-MASTER

40MM: 18KT Everose Gold

OysterFlex Bracelet

I have to say I think one of the most underrated Rolex watches is the EverRose Gold Yachtmaster 40 on an OysterFlex bracelet. I LOVE the beautiful look of this Rolex masterpiece.

I think my love for this Yacht-Master has something to do with the fact the Rolex logo and chapter ring have a gilt dial look, and I also really like the single red YACHT-MASTER dial designation...

Christie Brinkley Keeping The Time Of Her Life With Rolex....

...Rolex Hotness & Coolness...

Christie Brinkley

&

Billy Joel

The Super Model

& The Piano Man

I Want My MTV!

This is a love story of sorts that chronicales two really famous people who got married at the height of their careers back in the 1980s. Supermodel Christie Brinkley and Singer, Songwriter, Pianoman, Billy Joel.

Uptown Girl & Downtown Man

Christy Brinkley famously appeared in the 1983 Billy Joel music video for the song, Uptown Girl, as we see below. Billy Joel claimed on the Howard Stern show that he concieved the song on an occasion when he was with his then girlfreind, Supermodel Elle Macpherson, along with Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston. Billly Joel pointed out the song was inspired by the music of the legendary Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Timeless Beauty

This is kind of a profound story in the history of women wearing men's Rolex watches. In other words, I think it may have been Christie Brinkley who started the modern trend for women to wear mens Rolex watches. In the future I will need to update my story named, "Rolex Hotness: THE ROLEX WOMAN. What Kind Of Woman Wears A Rolex? The Evolution Of The Female Rolex Archetype" to include Christie Brinkley.

Pictured below in 1985 we see Super Model Christie Brinkley wearing a Rolex Daytona, and at the end of this story, the last image you will see is Christie Brinkley four decades later, still wearing a Rolex Daytona! Christie Brinkley is one of the top Super Models in history...

Christie Brinkley is wearing a vintage Rolex "Big Red" Daytona in the photo above which is a Reference 6263, just like the model seen in the photo below from Bob's Watches. Talking about vintage Rolex Hotness!!!

Christie Brinkle fell in love with legendary singer and pianist Billy Joel and we see them together in the photo below taken in 1983. 

Glass Houses

My favorite Billy Joel album is propably Glass Houses, which debuted in 1980. I bought this album and remember starring at the album cover so many times. 

My favorite song from Billy Joel's Glass Houses is "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." Every time I hears this song it totally Deja Vu's me out!

Bill Joel was one of the most iconic recording artist in the 1970s and 1980s and below we see some video performances of his amazing songs.

In the next video we see Christie Brinkley and Alexa Rae in the video.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel got married in 1985 and in the photos above and below we see Billy Joel back in 1983 wearing his two tone Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee Bracelet.

In the 1983 mega hit we see Billy Joel wearing his Rolex Datejust during his performance.

In the photos below we see Christie Brinkley back in the 1990s wearing a stainless steel Rolex Explorer II.

In this next photo we see Billy Joes has wearing a stainless steel Rolex Datejust on an Oyster Bracelet.

The next set of photos was taken at an event in 1993 and we see Christie Brinkley sporting a Rolex Submariner on her wrist.

In this next image taken at the same event we see Billy Joel wearing his stainless steel Rolex Datejust with a white dial, and we also see their daughter Alexa Rae Joel standing between them.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel got divorced in 1994 got remarried to Peter Cook in 1996.  Peter and Christie had two children and in the photo below we see Christie with her son Jack Paris Brinkley Cook. 

Notice in the photo above Christie is wearing a stainless steel and platinum Rolex Yacht-Master. In the photo below we see Christie Brinkley with her then husband Peter Cook and their son Jack. Notice Peter Cook is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Daytona with a white dial.

In the photo below we see Christie's son Jack with his half-sister Alexa Rae Joel and notice Jack is wearing a stainless steel Rolex Submariner.

In the phot below we see Christie Brinkley with her son Jack and he is still wearing his Rolex Submariner.

In this next photo we see Christie Brinkley with her ex-husband Billy Joel and thier daughter Alexa Rae Joel.

The next photo was taken last year in 2017 a the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament and we see Christie Brinkley talking with fashion designer Vera Wang, and we also see Christie's son Jack wearing a Rolex DEEP-SEA D-Blue.

In the next photos we see Christie Brinkley wearing a modern stainless steel Daytona with a white dial. This means she has been wearing Rolex Daytona models for four decades. Another thing Christie Brinkley and the Rolex Daytona have in common, is they are both timeless beauties...

The Story of Time By Rolex 1951 Documentary

The Story Of Time
BY
Rolex
1951 Rolex Documentary
Soundtrack Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra
Back in June of 2017 I just discovered the documentary titled, The Story Of Time By Rolex which was a 1952 Academy Award nominated short film documentary that explored the subject of what time meant, and how time measurement evolved throughout the history of mankind. The way I discovered, the movie was a friend of mine who is a fellow Rolex fanatic, referred to it, and I had no idea what he was talking about? He was surprised, and I Googled it, and there it was hiding in plain sight.

This Rolex movie ads additional pieces to the Rolex History puzzle, and it very profound on many levels. The Story Of Time By Rolex documentary can be viewed below. The Rolex documentary was filmed in 1951, and is obviously dated today, but deeply profound in many ways—especially if you watch it over and over again, as I have done.

This Rolex video and its theme, very much remind me of another online horological magazine I publish, named, "Jake's Time Machine: Exploring The History Of Timekeeping." I must admit I am utterly fascinated with Timekeeping and all of its facets. I think the pursuit of timekeeping in many ways correlates with the Spirit Of Inquiry. This brings to mind a few great Albert Einstein quotes; which I believe are perfectly on-point for the Rolex documentary, the first of which is:
"The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books—a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects." —Albert Einstein
The second Einstein quote which I believe is also perfectly on-point says:
"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity!" —Albert Einstein

Back in November of 2022, our Captain Danny published a brilliant story named "When Rolex Took a Left Turn." Nick Gould pointed out that in the 1953 Rolex video above that it features a left handed Rolex which is seen below.