This Cosmograph Daytona, fitted with a black dial, is cased in yellow gold. Heavy, lavish and bold, it's a luxurious update to the stainless steel model. The black dial contrasts against the champagne registers and red outer minute track, conjuring color schemes of Daytonas in the past. In fact, one could even say it is similar to the design of the Paul Newman Daytona.

This watch is furthermore preserved in excellent condition and worn a handful of times only.

The present watch is accompanied by its original punched guarantee, stating the watch was purchased by Sir Eric Clapton on February 5, 2003, at George Pragnell in Stratford-Upon-Avon. This is confirmed by the punched country code on the guarantee, 160, for the United Kingdom.

A multiple award winning singer and songwriter, Sir Eric Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A true connoisseur in the field of art, horology and car collecting, his exquisite taste is well-known to the collecting community. Eric Clapton's exceptional collection of fine wristwatches is legendary. In the oft-chance that his watches are offered to the market, it without a doubt incites excitement among scholars and collectors alike.