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Daytona Question


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Hey guys I've been reading for hours about the Daytona. I know the secs @ 6 are a time bomb and the secs @ 9's subdials aren't spaced properly but had an observation and question that I couldn't find an answer.

The 21 jewel movement Daytona looks to be thinner than the secs @ 6 rep along with the bezel not having as severe of an angle and overall a pretty decent rep, to my untrained eyes. Is it possible to get a 21 jewel movement rep Daytona and have the large chronograph hand somehow frozen pointing to 12 while the subdial @ 6 still runs?

Please help, thanks guys!

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Is it possible to get a 21 jewel movement rep Daytona and have the large chronograph hand somehow frozen pointing to 12 while the subdial @ 6 still runs?

Only if you can locate a 3-hand movement with running seconds at 6 (instead of the center) that fits into the cutout for the hour totalizer (lower subdial) in your dial. People have been searching for such a movement since I have been here, but I am not aware that anyone has yet found 1.

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Only if you can locate a 3-hand movement with running seconds at 6 (instead of the center) that fits into the cutout for the hour totalizer (lower subdial) in your dial. People have been searching for such a movement since I have been here, but I am not aware that anyone has yet found 1.

what, if we just use a 2 hand sec@6 movement and glue or kill the subdial hands, and also the center second hand? would this be possible?

like the F.A.Jones movt. - of course, this is too big for the daytona case. would a manual wind movt instead an automatic be a solution? you would only see the running sec@6?

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what, if we just use a 2 hand sec@6 movement and glue or kill the subdial hands, and also the center second hand? would this be possible?

like the F.A.Jones movt. - of course, this is too big for the daytona case. would a manual wind movt instead an automatic be a solution? you would only see the running sec@6?

I am not familiar with the F.A.Jones movement, but I think we are saying the same thing.

Yes, you would need to fix/glue the center & top 2 subdial hands, but, still, the problem is locating a movement that fits the dial. :g:

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