Woo! Just got my QC pics for the Daytona and the 1680, having put in my order on Christmas eve.
I've accepted both - although TBH, I'm not overly impressed by the JKF "Newman dial" Daytona - it's quite a long way off. M tells me that JK has altered their dial design, so there's now a small gap between the 6 subdial and the outer track at the bottom. Which would be great (better than the bleeding version), but this has also coincided with the 3 and 6 subdials moving inboard further, and the subdials all looking a little smaller than the old design. Which, all in all, leads to a pretty poor approximation of a PN dial. Here's a quick comparison image I've put together with all three dials (gen, new JK and old JK) the same size. My QC pic for the Daytona is the middle one:
So as I say, I accepted the Daytona - given that it's the only PN option and for the price it's hard to complain. What I'd really like to do though is find a better dial with larger, correctly positioned subdials and replace the JK one. If anyone happens to have any leads as to where I might source one, then please let me know!
EDIT: Because I mentioned to M that I'd want to replace the PN dial, he offered to exchange the Daytona for a different model - and I've decided to go that route instead. Just checking what's available... EDIT EDIT: So all the PN dial watches look really off. That being the case, I'm going to ditch the Daytona idea for the time being (as I already have a silver dial vintage that I'm happy enough with) and get a couple more JKF Subs instead... heh.
