Clean 126500 Daytona review

[neil_tee]

Thanks for the guidance - none of this worked and tried both manual wind and the usual flick that works for all other watches to wind. Decided to go with one final attempt and the quick slam of the watch into my palm and the impact must have freed up the rotor and it’s now running.

I also had 2 seized screw in pins for the bracelet. A combination of WD40 and the lighter trick to burn off any excess loctite (or whatever they use to seal the thread on pins) worked also.

 

[Bobi01]

Thanks for the guidance - none of this worked and tried both manual wind and the usual flick that works for all other watches to wind. Decided to go with one final attempt and the quick slam of the watch into my palm and the impact must have freed up the rotor and it’s now running.

I also had 2 seized screw in pins for the bracelet. A combination of WD40 and the lighter trick to burn off any excess loctite (or whatever they use to seal the thread on pins) worked also.

This slam that i was tought haha
glad to hear that it works

 

[m5smg2]

Yes please confirm you manually wind it first.

Wind then start the chronos—this may get the main seconds running again..

 

[FlamingMontains]

Take it to a watchsmith and get a full service. It makes a significant improvement to the watch. Try to find an Asian place, they'll work on replicas no problem.

 

[Bluefiredc]

I’m really impressed with the quality of this one!

 

[m5smg2]

Looking good

 

[kneebarn]

Waiting to purchase my 126500 Panda. Messaged both CTime and Steve and it appears there's a holiday in China at the moment. What timing!

 

[Reaps]

Waiting to purchase my 126500 Panda. Messaged both CTime and Steve and it appears there's a holiday in China at the moment. What timing!

Yes well the world doesnt revolve around the Western hemisphere to serve us. They'll be back at the end of this week. Chinese Mid Autumn festival and then in 3 weeks Golden Week.

 

[aHero]

But ‘MURICA!!

 

[muiramas]

But ‘MURICA!!

Exactly. We demand our watches with cheese and fries.

 

[Reaps]

Exactly. We demand our watches with cheese and fries.

Every Rolex purchased at an American AD comes free with a Glock and some Hollow Points!

 

[Bentona]

really nice

 

[wubsub]

dont stress too much on index alignment guys... check the 6 marker these gens

 

[WatchNoobie]

dont stress too much on index alignment guys... check the 6 marker these gens

Yeah I’ve held a gen Panda and his 6 marker was worse than mine.. made me feel so good not gonna lie

 

[Charalampos21]

Guys do you think, daytona is the best rolex rep? I am thinking of pulling the trigger.

 

[m5smg2]

dont stress too much on index alignment guys... check the 6 marker these gens

Wow. Maybe R factory should get dials from Clean

 

[Dexxter]

dont stress too much on index alignment guys... check the 6 marker these gens

TBH, I would not have a clue which is the real deal or a rep. The only thing that might be an indicator is the gold and the weight of the watch. Otherway you might have no chance to make a call.

 

[Rheinischerjung]

Got my CF Daytona today. Looks perfect but the rotor is really noisy. Is there anything that I could do or should I take it directly to my watchsmith?

 

[rdothroaway]

BTF vs CF 126500 black dial - The clean has a gen crystal.
Clean is on the left, just look for thinner/bigger subdials.

Don't want to hijack the whole thread so you can click the pics to see the full photo:

 

[Reaps]

BTF vs CF 126500 black dial - The clean has a gen crystal.
Clean is on the left, just look for thinner/bigger subdials.

Don't want to hijack the whole thread so you can click the pics to see the full photo:

Mate, quite wonderful. If I may dare say, you should just make a new thread. It's totally worth it for this kind of analysis. Thanks for sharing. You can see the obvious difference in bezel and minor dial differences.