Rolex Daytona — Pre-Owned in Atlanta

The Daytona is Rolex's chronograph, developed for endurance racing in the 1960s and named for the Florida speedway; its tachymetric scale — engraved on the bezel rather than the dial since the 1980s — lets a driver read average speed over a fixed distance. Cases have held at 40mm since the model's introduction, offered in steel, two-tone, and solid gold, with a black Cerachrom ceramic bezel on current steel models replacing the earlier aluminum and metal versions. Every Daytona runs three sub-dials for the chronograph's hours, minutes, and running seconds, on a steel or gold Oyster bracelet. Vintage manual-wind 'Paul Newman' dial references (6239, 6263) and the modern automatic 116500LN are among the most searched Daytona references.

Every used Rolex Daytona we list is a genuine, pre-owned timepiece — never a reproduction or a franken-watch assembled from mismatched parts. We disclose condition plainly: mint, excellent, good or fair, whether it ships with the original box and papers or full set, and any service history we know about. A Daytona without its papers isn't necessarily a concern — many trade without a full set — but we tell you exactly what documentation comes with the specific watch you're looking at before you buy.

Our Rolex models guide covers how the Daytona fits into the rest of the Rolex catalogue. Every Daytona watch listed here is ordered online, then brought into our Snellville showroom and inspected before it's handed to you — it isn't sitting in a case waiting for a walk-in.