raptor Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 What is the original movement in the rolex daytona? I know their latest daytona has an in-house movement. But what about the previous models? Raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrischy Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Zenith El Primero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider87 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Isn't the El Primero the 36k bph one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Older movement was a Zenith El Primero 400 used until about 2000. Yes...this movement was running at 36k...but Rolex modified it to bring it down to 28.8k. These can be found in Movado, Ebel, Tag, etc donor watches or movement sets and used to build Frankens. Ubi summarized things in this post far better than I've seen it done elsewhere (look for his reply)Ubiquitous' Reply to Daytona Movements Question: These Frankens are easily built and can be slapped together in a matter of minutes as described here: Ubi's Post on Building a Frankentona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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