Daytona Appreciation - Post Your Daytona Pics & Opinion

[aHero]

Alfa Romeo dial bro. Never seen it before but that's what it says lol

Ah interesting. JJ said it's also a Wildman dial. Now he has to make me an Eleanor dial lol

 

[aHero]

Offtopic but I find the Chinese give the funniest nicknames, just look up Chinese nicknames for NBA basketball players, had me dying

MJ: Gang Boss
KD: Schoolbad Du (wtf lol)
Klay: The Buddha
Shaq: Giant Shark (lol)
Kobe: Snail Shell (wtf...? apparently because it rhymes with "My [guy] Kobe"
Giannis: Letters Bro (hahaha based on his last name spelling)
Steph: Fucks the Sky (HAHAHAHA)
Westbrook: Wei Dude
Lebron: The Little Emperor

 

[tt88]

 

[Bombardier]

Any offers to swap with a full gold Daytona are welcome

 

[MFK100]

 

[domiffm]

 

[Tommygunzzzz]

 

[rockdaytona]

New Daytonas have glidelock. Huge improvement

 

[rockdaytona]

Is it lightweight?

 

[Hasslebank]

Is it lightweight?

 

[Hasslebank]

MJ: Gang Boss
KD: Schoolbad Du (wtf lol)
Klay: The Buddha
Shaq: Giant Shark (lol)
Kobe: Snail Shell (wtf...? apparently because it rhymes with "My [guy] Kobe"
Giannis: Letters Bro (hahaha based on his last name spelling)
Steph: Fucks the Sky (HAHAHAHA)
Westbrook: Wei Dude
Lebron: The Little Emperor

Crying on some of these

 

[rockdaytona]

I might be sold

 

[Reaps]

Crying on some of these

I vote we give @e1phantom the nickname "Daytona King" or "Master of Chronographs"

I might be sold

Get one and join the club. It's probably my favorite "daily" daytona. Not my favorite, but my favorite to wear.

 

[Tommygunzzzz]

I vote we give @e1phantom the nickname "Daytona King" or "Master of Chronographs"

Get one and join the club. It's probably my favorite "daily" daytona. Not my favorite, but my favorite to wear.

Going off the Chinese nicknames ... I prefer Fucks the Daytona

 

[Hasslebank]

 

[Hasslebank]

I vote we give @e1phantom the nickname "Daytona King" or "Master of Chronographs"

Get one and join the club. It's probably my favorite "daily" daytona. Not my favorite, but my favorite to wear.

A few of us would contest the daytona king nick lol

 

[5Digits]

who in CONUS can paint fill a faded 116520 bezel?

 

[Storm.]

who in CONUS can paint fill a faded 116520 bezel?

Easily done at home bro

https://www.repgeek.com/keeping-up-appearances/302045-bezel-insert-paint-explorer-ii.html

 

[daytonadude]

Idk gents, just tread carefully and do your research. Here are some images of Chinese made dials available on XianYu, a reseller platform in China. They sell for 1500-2000 CNY.

 

[aHero]

Idk gents, just tread carefully and do your research. Here are some images of Chinese made dials available on XianYu, a reseller platform in China. They sell for 1500-2000 CNY.

Access and availability - that's the issue. I am not familiar with XianYu. Do they cater to domestic markets only or can foreigners buy easily from them?

TDs sell the same watches that other non-TDs do for a huge markup, but people still buy from them (TDs).

I think the value of JJ comes from his QC. I know the dials I get from him are going to be solid. I have a couple builds from Martin that I’ve had to RL due to bad dials (also 3rd party dials). Martin isn’t giving me any grief about them and he’s working on getting me replacements.