cskent69 Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Folks, I have been reading everything that i can on the board regarding the Daytonas. I have also looked at PT, Trusty, perfect clones, etc. Does anyone know who has the best - any advice? The 2005 model from Homers, Precious', anc P-C's all look to be the same. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchard Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I think they would all be the same... if you did your research you would also have read about the problems with the modified asian 7750's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehtolcad Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 i'd echo ahchard's comments. i've always viewed the modern daytona's as a bit of a crapshoot no matter which dealer you go though due to the movement. some have been successful while others haven't. and any of those guys would be fine, they're all reputable dealers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 It's just me, or I heard someone asking: Who Has The Best Daytona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRVJA Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 ROLEX.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schiantagranchi Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 i quote myself in the last message i did but the topic seems dead: Hi i have 5 Daytonas, one swiss 7750 half gold half steel and works perfect.....other 4 with the crap asian 7750 in two months 2 of them stopped recharching i have to wind them manually if i want read hours for two days, the other 2 are 1 months old so i can't say nothing, but the other experience make me think bad about this movement. Ah the other 4 are one full gold, one steel with black face and the other twos are daytona beach one green and the other blue....great watches really to be seen, but the 7750 asian-.....bleah i was tempted in buying a 196 daylight same movemente but i prefer buy a tantalium with ETA...hope they someday will fix that crap movement....bye to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkatbamna Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 The finniky movement is the reason I won't buy one. I wouldn't mind getting a rep of the vintage though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskent69 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 i quote myself in the last message i did but the topic seems dead: Hi i have 5 Daytonas, one swiss 7750 half gold half steel and works perfect.....other 4 with the crap asian 7750 in two months 2 of them stopped recharching i have to wind them manually if i want read hours for two days, the other 2 are 1 months old so i can't say nothing, but the other experience make me think bad about this movement. Ah the other 4 are one full gold, one steel with black face and the other twos are daytona beach one green and the other blue....great watches really to be seen, but the 7750 asian-.....bleah i was tempted in buying a 196 daylight same movemente but i prefer buy a tantalium with ETA...hope they someday will fix that crap movement....bye to all Hey, thanks for the rundown. Seems like the modified movement is really not worth it. I have seen on silix a couple of "reps" of the "vintage" where the sec at 9 are the norm. The problem, of course, which is well documented on the board - is that the location of the subdials is off. For that matter, the location of the subdials on the new 2005 reps seem to be off too. So it looks like the Daytonas are not really worth the trouble right now. Seems lilke a big oversite - since such a big opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustybrand Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 2 letters: DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 DW... or the one Luckyyy had a while back with the real movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Mmmmmmmmm.... DW.... I wuvs my Cosmographs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustybrand Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Pardon me while I lock myself in the bathroom with a box of Kleenex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskent69 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hey - was loooking at this one - any thoughts? Does this movement solve any of the problems? The cost is certainly high enough..... http://perfect-clones.com/product_info.php...products_id=516 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hey - was loooking at this one - any thoughts? Does this movement solve any of the problems? The cost is certainly high enough..... http://perfect-clones.com/product_info.php...products_id=516 Thanks! Aside from the movement issues described above--there is a related thickness issue you can see in the side view in those pics. I can't remember what the exact thickness difference is, but it is noticeable to anyone who has a Daytona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasTTaP Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 er... and where can you find a DW ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Outside of Vintage, the Daytonas just aren't worth it in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 DW's have the correct size/profile casebacks... More info here.... Link: DW 6263 details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) Outside of Vintage, the Daytonas just aren't worth it in my opinion. I respectfully have to disagree with you on that one... All I need is a Zenith El Primero 400 for this 16520 frankenstein I'm working on- Once the movement is fitted, it will be more or less the same as a genuine 16520 Daytona (same movement, same case, etc). Only difference is that 1) it will not have the provenance of originating from Rolex S.A. and 2) it won't have the Rolex signed rotor and 4030 signed bridge. Oh, and it will still beat at the trademark Zenth high beat 36.000bph. More info here... Link: Project 16520. Edited April 28, 2006 by ubiquitous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Obviously, I meant 'out of the box', Ubi... I've been familiar with your project for a while, and am still GREEN with envy. But this dude won't/can't go this route, so my advice to him stands; stay away from Asian 7750s running seconds at 6, they just don't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskent69 Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Mmmmmmmmm.... DW.... I wuvs my Cosmographs Ubiquitous - that one on the right is a beaut. Where did you get that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Obviously, I meant 'out of the box', Ubi... I've been familiar with your project for a while, and am still GREEN with envy. But this dude won't/can't go this route, so my advice to him stands; stay away from Asian 7750s running seconds at 6, they just don't work. Ethan- I must concur 100%! 7750 Russian Roulette can be an expensive game to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Ubiquitous - that one on the right is a beaut. Where did you get that one? They all came from DW. The PN (on the left) and standard black dial (center) are 1st generation DW's... The silver dial (right) is a 2nd generation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskent69 Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 They all came from DW. The PN (on the left) and standard black dial (center) are 1st generation DW's... The silver dial (right) is a 2nd generation... How does one get to DW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16520b Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 hahaha ..... I got the best just look at my login name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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