John Mayer Just Wore the Rolex He Made Famous

Imagine being so far down the Rolex rabbit hole, so heavily Crowned, that you have your own Daytona named after you.

Or, at least nicknamed after you, like you’re a modern-day Paul Newman. That’s precisely what happened to John Mayer when he talked up this then-overlooked yellow-gold version of the Daytona with a green dial known as the ref. 116508 back on an episode of Hodinkee’s Talking Watches in 2019. In the video, Mayer called it a sleeper hit but that description wouldn’t be…