Daytona Appreciation - Post Your Daytona Pics & Opinion

[Tony Clifton]

This is a 116506 Platinum Daytona. From the indivudual sunburst on the Subdials I would say it is an ARF. However the Serif R on the bezel say Noob.
Now I am confused .

 

[eurofan85]

This is a 116506 Platinum Daytona. From the indivudual sunburst on the Subdials I would say it is an ARF. However the Serif R on the bezel say Noob.
Now I am confused .

I guess I should have been more specific. I knew which Rolex model it was i was curious on factory. Tony what factory do you think does the best job on the 116506?

 

[Dinkis]

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[Tony Clifton]

I guess I should have been more specific. I knew which Rolex model it was i was curious on factory. Tony what factory do you think does the best job on the 116506?

Unfortunately this is a not to easy question to answer as the Noob and the ARF version have several flaws.

Flaws on Noob:
- no individual subdial sunburst
- wrong Serif in the UNITS PER HOUR writing on the bezel (as far as I know there is no V3 available)
- wrong SEL. In precious metal models they should protrode. Here they are the same as the steel models.

Flaws on ARF:
- Subdials are slightly to thin
- dial color not correct
- wrong SEL. Same problem as Noob.

If you like this reference and can live with the flaws it depends if you want a working chrono or not.
Maybe an upcoming Noob V3 will solve some of the issues. But who knows...

 

[Omega38]

Noob V3 116500 Panda.

Very happy with the watch quality and it is spotless clean.

Considering maybe CF Dial?? I see on the Gen the numbers on the subdial are to the bottom of the rings rather than in the middle and the subdials are a little slimmer maybe but tiny details.

Movement sounds very nice and all the functions work as they should. Bracelet feels great. Do these really need serviced right away??

 

[Cosmograph4Ever]

Wow.. Are this Phong pushers on the first one? They look like Mark 1

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I wish I had Millerighe MK I pushers on mine :-D
My watch is indeed the one on the right, comparing it to a 6240 in the Daytona Legend book.

 

[Cosmograph4Ever]

MK1 and MK2 have smooth button ends

I bought pushers from Phong, and I ask smooth version correct for 6263 from 1970 to 1974.
My is Paul Newman dial. Which was mounted on the 6263 up to 1974 so it is obliged to have the Pushers mark 1 or mark 2. But it must be said that often during the service the buttons were replaced with the more recent Mark 3 (with the grooves) in how much waterproofing. So we can very well find several 6263s from the early 70s with the 3 mark pushers

You have a beautiful build there with MK2s

I was looking for MK1s and wasn’t successful yet to find really nice ones for my 6240, so I settled for the MK3s which I find very beautiful.

 

[Cosmograph4Ever]

Is that DW based?

It is indeed! It’s an old „mystery movement“ DW case.

Specs are:

DW case
Vietnam dial
Vietnam bezel
Gen Valjoux 23 movement (modified to tri-compax)
Gen hands
Gen crystal
Gen 702 crown and 7020 tube
Swiss made MK3 pushers
Gen 78350 bracelet
Gen 7835 bracelet (which I don’t wear)

 

[Mark1937]

You have a beautiful build there with MK2s

I was looking for MK1s and wasn’t successful yet to find really nice ones for my 6240, so I settled for the MK3s which I find very beautiful.

Your build is beautiful bro! Yes, your sigma dial could mount a thousand lines, but they are nowhere to be found.
During the 80-90s they put all the MK3 in their Daytona during the service ... congratulations !!!

 

[MadWatcher]

That's a very nice clear picture. Just wondering if this is a Noob because the white sub dial print is thicker then usual.

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[Tin]

That's a very nice clear picture. Just wondering if this is a Noob because the white sub dial print is thicker then usual.

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Yeah it's a noob V3 dial.

 

[Cosmograph4Ever]

Your build is beautiful bro! Yes, your sigma dial could mount a thousand lines, but they are nowhere to be found.
During the 80-90s they put all the MK3 in their Daytona during the service ... congratulations !!!

Exactly, a MKIII upgrade would have happened naturally so I’m happy with the result anyways. If you’re looking for Sigma dials, Ruby has them every once in a while. The Sigma symbol isn’t entirely correct but I won’t nitpick for the price and it’s microscopic on the wrist anyways.

 

[mpx]

Hi,
I just received the QC-Pics for my 116519 and there seem to be quite a lot of scratches on the indices. This seems to be extremely bad, did you ever had such an issue?
I already RL'd the watch, but still wanted to share it with you.

 

[Yellobird]

It is indeed! It’s an old „mystery movement“ DW case.

Specs are:

DW case
Vietnam dial
Vietnam bezel
Gen Valjoux 23 movement (modified to tri-compax)
Gen hands
Gen crystal
Gen 702 crown and 7020 tube
Swiss made MK3 pushers
Gen 78350 bracelet
Gen 7835 bracelet (which I don’t wear)

PM sent your way as I do actually have a MM DW and a val23 myself

 

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[mew]

Looks gen.

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[darktheko]