4 Unique Rolex Daytonas Under the Hammer for Charity

The Rolex Four Seasons Daytona Collection

The project is part of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative and brings together Rolex, Roger Federer and Leonardo DiCaprio. The proceeds from the auction will support the Federer Foundation, which focuses on children's education in Southern Africa and Switzerland, and Re:wild, which works to protect and restore ecosystems around the world.

The watches themselves are being sold separately as four individual lots rather than as one collection. And Rolex certainly hasn't been subtle with them.

Each Daytona uses a different precious-metal case, a natural-stone dial and a combination of coloured gemstones and diamonds. The bezels are fully gem-set, while even the lugs and crown guards receive 54 brilliant-cut diamonds.

Underneath all those gemstones, however, this is still very much a modern Daytona. All four watches are powered by Rolex's calibre 4131, offering approximately 72 hours of power reserve.

But realistically, nobody is going to be talking about the movement here. Just look at them.

Spring: White Gold, Chrysoprase and Plenty of Purple

Spring starts things off with an 18-carat white-gold Daytona and a chrysoprase dial.

If you're not checking your gemstone dictionary on a daily basis, chrysoprase is a variety of chalcedony known for its distinctive green colour. Rolex combines it here with purple lepidolite chronograph counters.

And then come the gemstones. The hour markers consist of eight baguette-cut and three square-cut purple sapphires, while the bezel is set with 36 trapeze-cut purple sapphires totalling approximately 5.57 carats. Another 54 brilliant-cut diamonds cover the lugs and crown guards.

Green and purple isn't exactly the first colour combination we'd associate with a Daytona.

Somehow, though, it works.

It's loud without being completely chaotic, and the white-gold case almost disappears behind the colours of the dial and gemstones. A very strange Daytona. In the best possible way.

Summer: Everose Gold Meets Turquoise

Then things get even more colourful.

The Summer Daytona comes in 18-carat Everose gold with a turquoise dial and counters made from heart of ruby. Yes, you read that correctly. Turquoise. Ruby. Pink sapphires. Everose gold. On one Daytona.

The hour markers use eight baguette-cut and three square-cut pink sapphires, while 36 trapeze-cut pink sapphires, approximately 4.32 carats in total, cover the bezel. Once again, 54 brilliant-cut diamonds are set into the lugs and crown guards.

This is probably the watch that grabs your attention first.

The turquoise dial against the warmth of Everose gold already creates plenty of contrast, but adding those reddish ruby counters and the pink sapphire bezel takes things into another dimension entirely.

Subtle? Absolutely not. But we suspect subtlety wasn't exactly on the design brief.

Autumn: Yellow Gold, Mookaite and Green Tourmalines

The Autumn Daytona might be the most unusual of the four.

Rolex uses an 18-carat yellow-gold case together with a natural mookaite dial and chrysoprase chronograph counters.

Mookaite can show a mixture of earthy reds, yellows and brownish tones, making every piece of stone naturally different. That immediately makes sense for an autumn-inspired watch.

Rolex then surrounds the dial with green.

Eight baguette-cut and three square-cut green tourmalines serve as the hour markers, while another 36 trapeze-cut green tourmalines, approximately 4.32 carats, form the bezel.

Add the 54 diamonds across the lugs and crown guards and you end up with something that sits somewhere between jewellery, watchmaking and a very expensive autumn forest.

It shouldn't really work. Yet the earthy dial and yellow gold actually make this one surprisingly coherent.

Winter: Platinum, Blue Opal and Lapis Lazuli

And then there's Winter.

A 950 platinum Daytona with a blue opal dial and lapis lazuli counters.

That sentence alone is enough to get us interested.

Instead of coloured gemstone hour markers, Rolex uses eight baguette-cut and three square-cut diamonds set in white gold. Around the dial sits perhaps the most spectacular bezel of the entire collection: 36 trapeze-cut sapphires moving through a blue-to-fuchsia gradient, totalling approximately 5.57 carats.

Naturally, the lugs and crown guards get another 54 brilliant-cut diamonds.

The result is unmistakably extravagant, but compared with the Summer and Autumn watches, there's something almost icy and controlled about it. Well, as controlled as a platinum Daytona covered in diamonds and sapphires can possibly be.

Our Favourite? Give Us the Winter Daytona

Picking a favourite from these four is slightly ridiculous.

It's a bit like being asked which Lamborghini colour you'd choose while standing at the bus stop. But if we're choosing one, the Winter Daytona gets our vote.

There's something about that blue opal dial combined with the darker lapis lazuli counters that makes the whole thing feel surprisingly balanced. Then you get the platinum case and that blue-to-fuchsia sapphire bezel, which gives it just enough craziness to remind you that this isn't supposed to be a normal Daytona.

Would we wear it every day? Probably not.

Would we spend far too much time staring at it if somebody handed us one? Absolutely.

The Summer model probably wins the award for maximum wrist presence, while Autumn may be the most interesting combination of natural stones. Spring is arguably the most playful.

But Winter feels like the one we'd still want after the initial shock wears off.

Rolex Showing Its Wild Side

That's perhaps what makes these four watches so interesting.

The Daytona itself isn't new. It dates back to 1963 and has become one of the most recognisable chronographs in the world. Rolex has also produced extravagant gem-set Daytonas before, so diamonds and colourful stones aren't completely foreign territory for the model.

But these four watches feel different. They're unique pieces created around a single theme, and Rolex has gone surprisingly far with the materials and colour combinations.

Natural-stone dials. Gem-set bezels. Diamond-set cases. Purple sapphires. Green tourmalines. Blue opal. This is Rolex having some fun.

And considering how carefully controlled the brand normally is, seeing Rolex go slightly crazy is always interesting.

How Much Will the Four Rolex Daytonas Sell For?

That's the big question. Rolex hasn't published estimates for the four watches on its official Four Seasons auction page.

Fratello reports that rumours previously suggested the watches might have been offered privately as a complete four-watch collection for around CHF 4 million before Rolex ultimately decided to auction them individually.

Whether that number tells us anything about the eventual hammer prices remains to be seen. These aren't normal Daytonas, after all.

They're one-off Rolex watches, created specifically for charity, with unusual materials, a story behind each piece and the full weight of one of the world's most recognisable watch brands behind the auction.

In other words: trying to predict the final prices is probably asking for trouble. We wouldn't be surprised to see some very enthusiastic bidding in London.

Four Daytonas We'll Probably Never See Again

The Rolex Four Seasons auction takes place at Phillips in London on September 28th, 2026, with the four watches offered separately.

All proceeds will benefit the Federer Foundation and Re:wild, tying the watches back to Rolex's broader Perpetual Planet Initiative.

And while the charitable purpose is ultimately the important part of the project, Rolex has certainly found a good way of getting the watch world to pay attention.

Because whether you love these Daytonas or think they're completely over the top, they're difficult to ignore.

Personally? We'll take Winter.Now we just need to check what's hiding between the cushions of the Wristler office sofa.

Which of the four would you choose: Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?