Rolex Ad Daytona

[VladE46]

Hello!

I have this Rolex Ad Daytona Winner 24 and I am wondering if it is real or fake..

Acording to this video, it is real h t t p s://w w w .youtube. c om/ watch?v=RzQcj1ulIkQ but I can;t tel for sure.

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h t t p s://ibb. co/ gevFDG
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h t t p s://ibb. co/ esRNtG

Sorry for the bad pictures, I will try next days to take some at a natural light.

pics below

Thanks in advance

[crowncollection]

It’s fake


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[GLADIATOR]

Originally Posted by crowncollection

It’s fake


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What he says
Its fake, and I can not even find the video!
And I bet it also says "AD" instead of "AT"???

[hnn17]

Every daytona winner 92 i have seen for sale so far were fakes.

[VladE46]

Originally Posted by GLADIATOR

What he says
Its fake, and I can not even find the video!
And I bet it also says "AD" instead of "AT"???

It says "AD", just waiting for more opinions.

[GLADIATOR]

Originally Posted by VladE46

It says "AD", just waiting for more opinions.

Why would you need more opinions.
I could mythical tell the spelling on the back would be wrong.
Do you think ROLEX do not know how to spell "AT"?

Its FAKE

[tamiya]

Originally Posted by hnn17

Every daytona winner 92 i have seen for sale so far were fakes.

Anybody know if there was a prize watch given out at 1992 Daytona 500?

The late Davey Allison won 1992 in his final full year.

[crowncollection]

Originally Posted by tamiya

Anybody know if there was a prize watch given out at 1992 Daytona 500?



The late Davey Allison won 1992 in his final full year.

Real one


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[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by tamiya

Anybody know if there was a prize watch given out at 1992 Daytona 500?

The late Davey Allison won 1992 in his final full year.

These were not given out at the Nascar Daytona 500. Rolex did not sponsor that race. Davey received a Trophy for his win.
These were given out at the Daytona 24 hour sports car race. It is Americas version of Sebring or Le Mans.

[Valenciawatchrepair]

Another good method to these is ask if they actually won the race? lol.

[GLADIATOR]

Originally Posted by Valenciawatchrepair

Another good method to these is ask if they actually won the race? lol.

Yes, that would certainly work.

[Valenciawatchrepair]

Originally Posted by GLADIATOR

Yes, that would certainly work.

I sometimes use this for the people that come in wanting to sell a Rolex that "xx" gave them. Like, why would someone give you a $10,000 watch?

[tamiya]

Originally Posted by offrdmania

These were not given out at the Nascar Daytona 500. Rolex did not sponsor that race. Davey received a Trophy for his win.
These were given out at the Daytona 24 hour sports car race. It is Americas version of Sebring or Le Mans.

Ah the 24hr was wondering, had never noticed Rolex at NASCAR

Even better, 24hr run on 2/2/92 it was won by Nismo with R91CP piloted by Hasemi/Hoshino/Suzuki.

Three watches presented for the drivers each year or are there more?


& wondering why "1992" is so popular vs every other available year

[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by tamiya

Ah the 24hr was wondering, had never noticed Rolex at NASCAR

Even better, 24hr run on 2/2/92 it was won by Nismo with R91CP piloted by Hasemi/Hoshino/Suzuki.

Three watches presented for the drivers each year or are there more?


& wondering why "1992" is so popular vs every other available year

The winners of each class as well as the car owners and crew chiefs would get a watch. I think back then there were 4 classes racing. Each team had 2-3 drivers. So in each years race, maybe 16 watches total or less would be presented.

Most likely the 92 watch was copied at some point and not knowing its significance, the fakers just kept running with it.

[tamiya]

Originally Posted by offrdmania

The winners of each class as well as the car owners and crew chiefs would get a watch. I think back then there were 4 classes racing. Each team had 2-3 drivers. So in each years race, maybe 16 watches total or less would be presented.

Yes sounds like each class winner got them too, lots of chopping & changing of car classes back then too. Teams were 3-5 drivers too, sometimes even shared amongst different cars in same race. Haha very messy for the history books.

Big fan of GrpC and was lucky enough to attend trackside when the Rothmans Porsche 956 & 962C ran rings around everything else. (Didn't pay much attention to the politics behind the racing though.)

Most likely the 92 watch was copied at some point and not knowing its significance, the fakers just kept running with it.

Yep same thoughts here.

Sucky if you won in 1992 & still own the watch today huh?

[promithius]

Sucky if you won in 1992 & still own the watch today huh?

I kinda think it would be great to own, imagine coming to sell it and getting the all expected eye roll then dropping a huge stack of provenance on the piece in front of an auctioneer. I bet it would make their day too!

I bet there would be others like me who'd be morbidly interested in owning such an infamous piece.

[tamiya]

Originally Posted by promithius

I bet there would be others like me who'd be morbidly interested in owning such an infamous piece.

hahaha you & I might share similar dark humour Monty Python much?

Well for sure, if any 1992 winner did gift me his watch I certainly wouldn't look that horse in the mouth.

Hence my curiousity what the "real" item/s actually look like. They're all SS so I read, but I don't know what exact ref or dial.

[VladE46]

Originally Posted by tamiya

hahaha you & I might share similar dark humour Monty Python much?

Well for sure, if any 1992 winner did gift me his watch I certainly wouldn't look that horse in the mouth.

Hence my curiousity what the "real" item/s actually look like. They're all SS so I read, but I don't know what exact ref or dial.

I am also very curious how a real one looks, to make a good comparison.

[SG56]

Also a less known fact is that a Daytona is awarded to the winner of Dayona 200, motorcycle race, each year. Nobody cares about motorcycles LOL

[Tools]

Originally Posted by VladE46

It says "AD", just waiting for more opinions.

You do not need more opinions.

It's a fact that there is no authentic "Rolex AD Daytona" inscribed watch on the planet. It is a meaningless inscription that Rolex never used on anything..

To see a real one, check post #4

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthre...774#post534774

[marv_lopez12]

Pretty sure thats a fake one.