Rolex Coolness: John Mayer Platinum Rolex Day-Date

Rolex Coolness: John Mayer

Platinum Rolex Day-Date

Photo by Patty Keigan

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Rolex Coolness: Eric Clapton-Yellow Gold Rolex Day-Date Ad

...Rolex Super Coolness...


Eric Clapton
A Brilliant Musical Career With Rolex Keeping His Time
Eric Clapton has enjoyed an amazing musical career. He is the only three-time Rock and Roll Hall of fame inductee, as a solo artist, as well as a member of the Yardbirds, as well as Cream. Eric Clapton is arguably one of the most influential and successful guitarists of all time.


Eric Clapton is a vintage Rolex collector as well as being a Rolex Ambassador. In this first picture we see Eric Clapton sporting his Paul Newman Rolex Daytona on a Fatstrap, the way Paul Newman wore his.

Just for frame of reference, I thought I would share this photo of Paul Newman wearing his trademark Exotic Dial Daytona on a Fatstrap. If you compare the photo above and below you see that Eric Clapton's Paul Newman Daytona is absolutely true to form.



Rolex Coolness: Eric Clapton
Yellow Gold Rolex Day-Date Ad

Rolex Coolness: Eric Clapton
50th Anniversary Rolex GV Milgauss

Clapton Sporting a Rolex Submariner

Riding With The King
Eric Calpton with B.B. King. Eric is wearing his Submariner and B.B. King is wearing his trademark yellow gold Rolex President which is not visible in this picture. B.B. Kings Rolex President is as much a part of his kit as his guitar–Lucille.

Speaking of Eric Clapton and B.B. King, here they are pictured above with John Mayer, and they are all wearing Rolex watches. B.B. King, Eric Clapton and John Mayer are considered to be the greatest guitarist of their respective generations.

Of course when B.B. King plays his trademark Gibson Lucille (Model ES 355) he wears his trademark Yellow Gold Rolex Day-Date President.

In this photo Clapton is also wearing a Day Date and John Mayer is wearing one of his vintage Rolex Explorer II watches with the orange hand.

Eric's Great Buddy

Talk about a Mentor and Protege...Blues guitar legend Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton at a Crossroads Charity event. Crossroads is Eric Clapton's charity organization.

Buddy Guy is one of the greatest Blues and Rock guitarist that ever lived. If it was not for Buddy Guy's early innovation on the guitar playing style on the guitar there never would have been a Hendrix.

Buddy does not just play the guitar, he completely dominates it like I have NEVER seen anybody else do.

Eric Clapton's Rolex Watches At Auction

Eric Clapton was one of the first celebrities to get into collection vintage Rolex watches. Over the years he has auctioned many of them and donated the benefits to his charity foundation. This Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona set a world watch auction record a few years ago by selling for $505,000.

The watch is considered to be very rare because it has an "Albino" dial.

Eric Clapton's Albino Daytona

Eric Clapton once owned this Extremely Rare Rolex watch dubbed "The Yachtmaster Daytona which was a Prototype Rolex and was never offered to the public. It is fascinating to see how Rolex experimented with the nautical theme in the 60s and early 70s be creating a 39MM Yachtmaster. Of course, Rolex did not bring the current Yachtmaster to market until decades later.

Eric Clapton's Rolex Yacht-Master prototype sold at a Christie's Auction in 2003 for $125,000, and Eric Clapton donated the proceeds to his Crossroads Foundation. His Rolex Yacht-Master is picture below and appears courtesy of Christie's Auction House.

Here is another photo of Eric Clapton's Rolex Yacht-Master Prototype Reference 6239/6242. There are only 3 known examples of the Rolex Yacht-Master Prototype. The first is this one that was owned by Eric Clapton. The second one is owned by John Goldberger, and the last one is owned by Rolex and kept in their private collection and it has a special bezel [Reference 6542].

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Rolex Coolness: John Mayer New York Knicks Game Rolex Daytona

Rolex Coolness: John Mayer

New York Knicks Game

Customized Bamford Rolex Daytona

It's clear John Mayer is sporting a Rolex Daytona, but I originally could not tell if it is a PVD'd out version or if it is some kind of rare prototype?

Update: Dave from Italy is a daily reader of Jake's Rolex World and he wrote in to make a positive ID on John Mayer's Rolex in the photo below. It turns out John Mayer is wearing a customized Bamford and Sons Blacked-Out, Rolex Daytona as seen in the lower photo. Thanks for making the positive ID Dave!!!!

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Rolex Coolness: John Mayer New York Times Story

...Grammy Winning Singer, Songwriter & Guitarist...

Rolex Coolness: John Mayer

New York Times Story

A Gentleman Wears His Heart On His Sleeve

[Rolex "Big Crown" Submariner: Reference 6538]

The New York Times published a story on March 8, 2009 about John Mayer's hobby of collecting vintage watches and is included this photo of John Mayer rocking his big crown Submariner, Reference 6538]

"When I started to make a little bit of scratch, I thought it was time to get a Rolex." –John Mayer (On getting his first Rolex which was a Rolex Explorer II with the Polar White Dial).

"Who do I want to be today through this piece? It dictates a little bit of a mood." –John Mayer (on selecting which watch to choose to wear each day).
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Rolex Coolness: Joe Dassin Rolex Day-Date

Rolex Coolness: Joe Dassin

Rolex Day-Date

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