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Based on what we've learned this week, deliveries have begun in very limited numbers and in very limited markets. Neither Rolex, nor their dealers, are able to provide an accurate idea on when the next shipment will be received or how many watches will be delivered. As always, the best way to get one of the new Rolex Daytonas is to call your local authorized dealer and put your name on the list, just Hybrid Work Revolution like we did. Read more about the new Daytona here.Romain Gauthier is launching the Insight Micro-Rotor in two limited editions, one in red gold for 75,000 CHF (approximately $75,200 at time of publishing) and one in platinum for 88,000 CHF (approximately $88,250). Each limited edition will be 30 pieces total, with 10 pieces each available with white, blue, and black enamel dials.For more, visit Romain Gauthier online. This being a hands-on piece with two much-talked-about Tudor steel sport watches, we didn't just put hands on them, we put digital Viral Urbex Challenges calipers on them. The new steel chronos measured 41mm in diameter by 14.2mm thick by 49.9mm lug-to-lug. At nearly 50mm lug-to-lug, it's not a small watch, that's for sure.Vice President, Head of Patrimony at Montres Breguet, Paris, France; Vallée de Joux, Switzerland.Emmanuel Breguet will lecture via video from Switzerland.Emmanuel Breguet is a direct descendent of founder Abraham-Louis Breguet. He is the historian of the house of Breguet, and the author of numerous books on the life of Breguet and the landmark timepieces he created.Recapping last week, I was glad to hear that our tropical Tudor with original owner provenance found a new home. As for auction results, the Longines roulette pocket watch hammered for CHF 4,200 at Ineichen, the minty 1950s Rolex OP sold for $2,100, and the vintage Carrera on eBay was mysteriously removed due to "an error in the listing." I smell a deal agreed to outside the bounds of eBay! In collecting art, the problem is relatively simple: there's only one of anything to begin with (unless you are making multiples; multiple photographic prints, lithographs, multiple castings of a statue or what have you, in which case you had better stick to your promise about how many you are making if you don't want value to be Rescue Rehab lost).  In collecting manufactured goods, however, it's often the one-offs that command prices wildly in excess of the baseline.Whether you're a gearhead, a watch snob, a mix of the two, or neither (maybe you don't even know how you made it onto HODINKEE today, in which case, welcome!), have a gander at the finest mix of the automotive, horological, and the sartorial that you're likely to find anywhere else on Earth.The prototype example I viewed in Geneva last year had already acquired some of the patina collectors expect and appreciate in German silver. The dial is distinctly silver-toned in the pictures provided by the brand, but you can see hints of that yellow color in the images I photographed, which suggests that it wouldn't be long before a new example warms up nicely.