DON’T Buy a Rolex Daytona Until You See This
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2021
- The Daytona is not just one of Rolex’s, but luxury watchmaking’s, most popular watches. Despite its not inconsiderable £10,500 price-that’s more expensive than the cheapest new car on sale today, the Dacia Sandero-it flies off shelves like its more valuable than gold. Which it is. By double. People will spend that and more fighting to own this legend of a watch, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Here are five annoying things about the Rolex Daytona.
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He should have said "good news, the Dacia Sandero is now cheaper than a watch"
This is a very niche group of Gear Heads and Watch Nerds... I love it!
Do you have a new picture James?
I know of 8000sq ft mansions being cheaper than a watch.
It seems like all of us who subbed to this channel are Sigma males
That is good news. Anyway...
“The hardest work it will have to do is resist a splash of champagne” genius 🤣🤣🤣👍
These are my type of watches, for smartwatches i go with watch play store, love em atm.
The best parts of your reviews are the humour.
“The links were as hollow as my promise to eat better”!! Real Jeromy Clarkson level similes and metaphors. Excellent job!
No metaphor there bro.
“A mirror for people to look at themselves.” Genius.
Full James May in the intro. RESPECT THE SANDERO
Great news! The Dacia Sandero...
You forgot a big one. The left and right lugs are different sizes. Ever since it was pointed out to me, I cannot unsee it.
Which is why you get a Gold one. On an Oysterflex bracelet. No more worrying about scratches to the Bracelet. And you can actually get one at the AD. $35k Canadian. Which is pretty close to the what the Steel ones go for on grey market
You.Are.Correct. I had never noticed this. Now I will never not notice this.
Oh good lord, YOU RUINED IT FOR ME! fml 😆
Wait till you realize the subdials aren’t centered…
Holy smokes - I see it now too!
Watchfinder doing his part to temper the demand for the Daytona so we can get one 😂
To be fair, screwdown chrono buttons are annoying on any watch, especially when you actually do use them.
Mat Watson wants to know whether you should
- avoid it
- consider it
- shortlist it
- or just go right ahead and buy it (over list price)
don't let Mat to poke Daytona with a stick of truth
I have yet to find a video script better than yours, honestly it cracks me up every time!
Bahahaha! Your reviews are so low key funny! Your humour is beyond underrated. Fabulous video AS ALWAYS! ❤️
I just got a Meca-Quartz Choronograph and couldn't be happier.
Meca-quartz are dope, but If the brand sent a Daytona on accident, You would be happier.
I opted for a sea-gull 1963 reissue, it's cooler to me than a quartz, albeit a bit less useful
Any truth to the rumor that the 2024 Daytona will switch from a tachymeter scale to a Viagra optimization indicator and the subdial at 3 re-scaled to a roofie-onset timer, and the hour aggregator reversed to a countdown timer for evidence removal?
Why did this comment make me laugh
100%
Its all true!
Ive spoken to people at the top and that is indeed their plan!
@@bryanbrett8943 You seem to have the inside track!
@@msteaks1939 oh yeah man!
The CIA and the FBI are all over this new design! Not only that....as I am lead to understand....many politicians,priests and celebrities are looking forward to this new re-labeling of these complications. They're going to be quite popular and very desirable !
Imagine paying more for something that even the manufacturer doesn't value it at 🤣😂
Will be still able to sell over what you pay for it, even if you over pay for it. So it doesn't matter how much Rolex actually values it. The market decides the value not Rolex
@@xXxToRtuR3xXx who do you think creates that market??? Do you honestly think Rolex couldn't slim their range a bit and produce an extra 100,000 Daytonas a year??? Of course they could...they just don't want to because demand outstripping supply is good marketing.
@@Chris-oz9qx of course they can but they won't do that. Then Rolex won't be ROLEX today. It would be just a regular brand that any one can buy. It is sad to see that this is going on, but I honestly don't really care I have the 2 most desirable watches that anyone would want in their collection. So I'm good.
@@xXxToRtuR3xXx which two do you have? I had the milgauss z blue for a couple of years, I liked it but the green crystal started to annoy me, real.finger print magnet.
@@Chris-oz9qx Daytona Panda 🐼 and GMT Master II. I love Daytona would never sell any of these keeper for life.
This video, top to bottom, is the funniest watch commentary I have ever heard in a video. Period.
Every man needs a toothbrush ...for his watches!
Monogrammed of course! 👑🤣
#1 overpriced to hell
And I own one.
Id never pay 30k for a daytona.
Good alternatives: Tudor chronomaster, Laureato, speedmaster, Zenith...Hell even Breitling.
Different price ranges, same if not better quality, dont feed the hype
You should want the hype fed surely?, nice little nest egg you've got on your wrist. 👌
@@Chris-oz9qx not for 34k$ i dont.
Retail? Sure
@@russianmgtowo8232 I like them, but you're right they're not worth the resale value when compared to comparible chronos like GP laureto, the Omega MOTM and the nice Piaget Polo S which I really like. If I could get one at retail I would, but I'm not paying 2.5 times the retail on the grey market, that's just madness.
@@Chris-oz9qx exactly my point my man, i got mine for 13,500£ not a penny more
thanks for this comment at one point I was considering trading in 3 watches for a preowned Daytona an older sub(14060M) jlc master geographic and a Heuer Autavia but then a non two -tone gold example starts at $20k pre and $25k for post zenith... I dont think its worth it lol
You saved the best for last. I was impatiently waiting for it and even thought that you’re not going to include the impossibility of getting one. But you did and my day is complete. Cheers!
Two more...
1. Why are there crown guards when the crown is protected by the pushers anyway, yet the pushers don't have any protection themselves?
2. The minute counter (right subdial) does not have hashes for every minute, so '9' for example is 'not quite 10', rather than having a hash of its own. Irrelevant for 99% of current owners, but would be unacceptable back in the day when chronographs were actually used and needed to be accurately read.
Your #2 is irrelevant. The minute counter jumps to the next minute. So 9 would be obvious even without it's own hash mark. If it's between 8 and 10 it is absolutely on 9. That means 9 minutes have elapsed and however many seconds the chrono seconds has counted. (I agree completely with point 1 though!) :)
@@herbderb I know you can somewhat infer it but that's not the point; it's suboptimal in terms of legibility and there's no logical reason for it other than some misguided aesthetic purpose.
The very first hash on the minute counter actually indicates two minutes have elapsed - that's just nonsensical in any world where legibility at a glance is of any concern.
Actually. I never saw it before but the crown guards do look odd pressed up so close against the pushers and now I can't un-see it. Not that I would complain if someone gave me a free one!
How haven't I ever realised that before ? good call sir !
Daytona is king 👑
I’m watching this as I’m wearing my 16523. It was fun and entertaining to watch as his guy’s humor is on point!
Nice video. Great content as usual. I got my Bay-tona and could not be happier! No Daytona madness for me.
The grey market value of these Daytona’s is mind blowing. So much so if you were lucky enough to get one from your AD it would be extremely difficult to justify keeping it, and that’s part of the problem.
The people getting them are not keeping them to begin with, and that’s not a problem for Rolex.
The Daytona, from £18,000 on the grey market!
@@hlee2 I got 1 each, Black dial and white dial. I still have mine. Now, if they go to $100k which is a possibility for 2022. I may have to think about it. Then I will just have my 116520s.
But to dispel your point, people do keep their Rolex
@@chipmacgill If there were more like you, the grey market wouldnt be flooded with them rollies
It would motivate me to keep the watch and feel extremely smug that I bought it for its recommended retail price.
I have a Daytona, from an AD and one key reason I bought it is because it doesn't have a date. I wear my watches in rotation and never bother to adjust the date window. If I need the date and for some bizarre reason I don't know what day it is, I just ask Siri :)
I'm just not a fan of the Daytona...feel like it's over hyped and lost the way of its ancestors 😪 give me a Speedmaster any day
I don't see how anyone could argue that Omega doesn't make a better watch than Rolex, if investment value is taken out of the equation... a simple watch to watch comparison...
I tried some Rolex and ended up going with the Omega Aqua Terra, it was simply a better watch in every way possible that I could come up with than the Rolex... this was a few years ago before prices got insane, do I wish I had gotten the Rolex... maybe, but if so it would be to resell and buy two Omegas. Lol. I've always been underwhelmed when I've tried on Rolex.
If Omega underproduced their watches like Rolex and made some artificial scarcity, and advertised more, their brand image would go up just like Rolex and there would be hype and desire and crazy prices for their watches. Rolex does the same thing Nike does with Air Jordan's. Or Supreme with their releases... they make a good watch but overall it's mostly hype.
The speedmaster is cheap and feels cheap, don't waste money on that watch its trash
First time I’ve heard the absence of a date complication on the Daytona being presented as a negative point. Interesting.
The date is on your phone.
And on the Tudor Black Bay Chrono with the Panda Dial
I can see the time on my phone too😂
The wrist mirror bit got me so good hahahhaha
Brilliant, hilarious review.
Keep them coming!
If I ever get Daytona at an AD is would go for sale in a minute and with the money I would get an El Primero, a Speedmaster and maybe a JLC Master with the spare cash. Rolex would even do me a favor for blacklisting me after that :)
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
🤣👍🏽
Much respect!
Maybe I should put myself on a list just in case
@@pizza.doctor to be allowed on the list you need to purchase a few oysters or datejusts first... that is how Rolex is fucked up now
I'd like to see the center links done in ceramic also.
Please mention on the steel Daytona the right lug is thinner. This watch needs to match the size of the GMT Master.
Regarding the missing date, I just recently started wearing an Omega Speedmaster and I'm having the exact same problem. I never noticed how much I would use the date indicator, but I've had one all the way back to my first Casio I started wearing 38 years ago. It's a tough habit to break.
All my Casios, Tissots got day/date. When I got my first luxury watch, it had to have a date. I would not buy a watch without a date.
That why i chose the Black Bay Chrono, since my wrist is big enough.
Why cram "Cosmograph" in an already busy dial when the Daytona has never gone into space, while the Rolex GMT-Master has but does not have that title on it. Don't tell me Rolex has Speedy envy.
People who are willing to jump through hoops for a Rolex are acting like simps.
I truly love watches but I hope I don't get hate for saying that I think the Daytona is one big hype-fest. Average looking watch too. I'd go and buy myself a simple looking and understated Oyster Perpetual than buying this.
But they have become very overpriced.
7-9k for a 3 hander?! A good one but better options are there or cheaper.
Ironically enough, my friend’s $30 Daytona replica uses the minute sub-dial as a date complication
God bless Israel!
I feel like the kind of person who would own a Daytona wouldn’t need to know the date since everyday is a relaxing Sunday, no stressors from any angle
@quada, nice reference to the vintage intro of watchfinder.. experts from “any angle”
Nah, most of the guys I know with Daytona’s are stressed to the max trying to find a way to get their Nautilus or AP Offshore…. it’s a treadmill that’s hard to escape from! That said, I have and frankly don’t give a shit about Daytona’s, they are dated, too small and too common, I prefer rarer trinkets in my collection!
@@dougm659 too small lol??
You must be an Invicta enthusiast.
Interesting review
@@unpopularfacts4461 agreed, 40mm is perfect for a watch, anything over 42 is just too big (unless it's a panerai)
Great episode. Thanks.
Hi any chance you can do a review on Konstantin Chaykin watches? Either the Joker, Clown or Dracula would be good. Thank you
Love it. Thanks
I love literally everything about the Daytona but the Grey Market price and the heinous polished center links!
Where can we find daytona rainbow 🌈
@@chouchoudz6312 try Hollywood or NYC!
Lots of gaystuff in both!
Oh....SanFrancisco!
For me actually I prefer the lack of date. I always find a date window a step too far on an already busy dial. I do get the practical benefit of one, though. I’m not keen on the paragraph of text on the dial mind you! Great video.
“Work Christmas booze up.” Great description!
Lol you’re an artist with your words. Beautifully said.
There’s a bigger problem with the Daytona: even if you can get one probably you end up NOT wearing it (too risky in every sense possible).
Exactly! - ”Hey every thug in town, rob me” … not my cup of tea
Na, I daily my panda and love it. But I agree 100% with the video, the lack of date and stupid screw downs on the chronograph buttons is really annoying.
@@Ammar88ist yeah sure. But you live in… ? That’s the whole point
@@erikmemo I don't get what you are implying...
I hear some who own it actually wear a fake one
Very fortunate to have obtained a new Panda. Always wanted a Daytona, and specifically the Panda once it was released. As my 40th Birthday approached, Hong Kong started to have greater and greater troubles. I was there frequently for work, and saw an opportunity. I set aside 3 days to walk all over and try to find an acceptable deal in Fall 2019. My timing was lucky, because soon after I bought the watch, Hodinkee ran an article announcing “watch deals to be had right now in Hong Kong!” At the time, the piece I bought for 16,600 USD seemed like a decadent overpayment. Consider myself fortunate now, as the market has gone insane.
The bezel is like someone at the factory forgot to seal the indents
I had the datejust with mirrored centre links and it was indeed a scratch magnet
2:18 😂 very true
“People will spend that and more…” Here, by people we should read: rappers, footballers, TH-camrs, dodgy “entrepreneurs” from the former Soviet bloc , and Marky Mark 🤣
True
But If I had a chance (and enough cash) I would get one - "Platona" or yellow gold with green dial
Hate to break it to you but the groups you mentioned probably don’t even make up 10% of the Daytona buyers. The vast majority of them are super rich people looking for a new way to show off at the country club on the weekend’s.
"and Marky Mark 🤣" 😂😂😂
I haven't heard him called Marky Mark in years!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
can you do a review on what is in my opinion the last great Seamaster, the 2254?
I put on my $75 Pagani Design “Daytona” with a Seiko Mecha-Quartz movement. I had a good laugh when you complained about the lack of a date on the original, as my very satisfying homage has one nestled in between 4 and 5. All the things I dislike about my Pagani are inherited from the Daytona: needless screw-down pushers, polish center links, low legibility(I have the white faced model).
I have the similar watch the Invicta Speedway. It has the same movement with the date feature. Also have it in a white dial. I agree with you about the legibility.
I’m still shook how the “cheaper” steel models lugs on the pusher side are not symmetrical. But in all of the precious metal variance they are symmetrical…. Makes me nutty
I always wanted a Zenith El-Primero powered Daytona, but went for a vintage Ebel 1911 Chronograph instead. You get the Zenith movement running at full speed 36000vph instead of Rolex’s downgraded version, and the date remains functional on it as well. All of that at a fraction of the cost of the Daytona despite having a superior movement. The Daytona is a nice looking watch for sure though, and exclusive.
I had a beautiful vape atomizer that had a bee hive pattern etched in it, and it looked great and was the most effective knurling I have ever seen, and it got extremely dirty and was impossible to clean.
Love this video - it was very funny at times. Cheers!
You nailed it again, but you missed one, it's not the easiest watch to read. I know we don't wear them to tell the time do we. But it would be nice. If I could make a suggestion. IF I had one and yes I want one. I would keep it clean with a soft toothbrush and a miid detergent. I have a small Breitling Chronographs Cockpit with lots of nooks and crannies and cleans up nicely using this method. Oh and I'm on the list, but at my age they will have to call the funeral home when it comes in.
Bro we wear watches to tell the time… and the date… it is convenient! The only “status” thing i know is the moon phase) I have no idea how that can be really useful)
@@mi4an_og Really?
Even when I force myself to tell the time by looking at my watch I just end up staring at the face and the bezel. Looking for the details in the dial and watch the second hand sweep/glide.
When I’m done staring, I lower my arm only to realise: “Oh sh*t, I wanted to know what time it is”
So I reach for my phone and then start staring at my watch again.
@@mi4an_og I was teasing Mr 👐. He has often made a joke about how we don't wear these expensive machines on our wrists to tell read the time we have our phones for that.😊
For whatever it's faults I love this classic Cosmograph. I love the humour of this video, including "ditch the hands and put a mirror in its place", brilliant.
I said the same thing about the lack of a 'dayt' window lol.
I have a ceramic white dial daytona. The prices are just crazy for these now.
Was gonna stop by the store on the way home and grab a coulple of these, but you convinced me.
Could you please compare a Rolex sub vs Blancpain Bathyscaph!!
Today I tried on this exact Daytona model. (Yes, it was reserved for someone else.) I thought I would find the rubber strap to be uncomfortable, but it turned out to be exceptionally comfortable. As for its looks, I find it to be classy yet athletic. In short, this Daytona gets two thumbs up from me.
How can it be this exact Daytona if the one you tried had a rubber strap you clown?
I'd not be happy if that was the Daytona reserved for me and it now has your DNA all over it
@@rogerb1964 was probably the white gold daytona with rubber strap
@@alliea3327 I guess you’re right - “exact same Daytona model” not really though 😂
On the note of it functioning as a chronograph, the mismatched subseconds marking (5 divisions) with the watch’s 4hz movement still is the biggest blunder of this watch, more so than the screwed down pushers imho. But my god it’s such a beautiful watch...
I heard that the Daytona 41 will be available in date and no-date versions.
My only watch without a date is the PAM425. A date might ruin the bezel but I miss it every time I wear the watch. Even thou I love my 425 and would “never” sell it 😍
Sarcasm is one of the highest forms of humour
If you can buy a Daytona at MSRP, buy a Daytona…
this is as usual a great watch video. I wouldn't mind reading you on a blog, just saying.
Nice James May ref. with the Dacia Sandero
Funny how Teddy Bulbasaur and Watchfinder prepared videos about the Daytona for today
I was just thinking the same
Bulbasaur 🤣🤣
things that make you go , hhhmmmmmmhmm
I sure hope Teddy found a way to shoehorn his girlfriend into the video.
💀
I learned a new word today: bugbear. Thanks, Watchfinder!
So true !!
I always saw the daytona as a tool that you would use from the pits or whatever to time your race driver.
I adore my 116503. Yes Rolex wanted NASA to choose their Cosmograph for use in space; however; the Speedy scooped that job. So Rolex focused on the race Driver fraternity - initially as the Le Mans - but eventually it became the beloved Daytona.
Legend of a watch that they could not give away when it first came out, shows the power of marketing and the stupidly of some people.
Which leaves us wonder when the Rolex bubble will explode...
@@rafaron7761 I’d say it’s TBTF barring a worldwide depression that makes the Covid lockdowns look like nothing. There are newly rich people all the time; they want to show off their new wealth and an R is near the top of the list.
@@WestCoastAce27 the power of marketing...
@@rafaron7761 yep - they’re very smart with their sports tie-ins. R clock at the end of each court at the tennis right now; huge in golf….
When I bought mine it sat in a secondhand dealer window in a plethora of about 60 watches including Brands and models that were all in the heavy hitter league and some of which are 3 or 4 times the cost of this today. It was the only one that called out at me- the rest were just a background blur. I went in and bought it. I could care less for marketing, hype, prices or what others thought. I knew nothing of them and could give two hoots today like then. Personally they are a mesmerising masterpiece. I’ve since added a JLC or two and a vintage KS all by the same method of selection. I pity those who need telling what to buy or need for some validation issues or because it’s flavour of the month. Good grief.
What about using blu tak to clean the ceramic dial? That works well for AirPods.
I own a 2016 Daytona model 115503 and absolutely love it,.
The black bay barely had a waiting list, available in many shop windows
I can’t get the content because that relaxing voice lulls me to sleep.
Would love to own one but the lack of date and how small the seconds meter is really kinda meh. And the whole watch looks busy enough already.
The subdials don't line up with 3 or 9 o'clock. That's the most annoying thing to me and throws the symmetry off
So get the 16520…
They did that on purpose people. Counterfeiting is harder that way
Hi what do you think about officine panerai are their products wort it ? Are their product fragile ?
They’re worth it used.
The "Tickets to Hamilton" reference is one true homage ...
The comedic timing of your videos is better than the timing of the watches they feature. I really enjoy your channel. Would love to hear your review of a Devon Tread.
the only time i find not having a date on my watch annoying is when i ... forget the date
Totally agree with the lack of a date.
Do you have a dayton for sale
I’ve found that using my WaterPik to clean mine works wonders. It’s not going to damage anything and the indices remain white.
Yeah. He made a lot of great points but whiffed on that. Plenty of cleaning options.
My Steinhart 108-0629 Daytona homage is an adequate satisfying representation of the Daytona; without the danger of wearing a Rolex and being robbed.
nice humour, initially thought you were just trying to garner attention by trying to bash one of the hottest watch at the moment LOL .... finally got you when at the end, ya, it is so hard and one have to pick really hard to find faults with the daytona!
Bless to own one and loving it ... a beautiful lovely piece!
Why doesn't my chronograph second's hand moving? The 6 o'clock chronograph is just staying still
The reason the daytona pushers screw down isnt to seal . It only prevents you from using them.
What bewilders me is why Rolex watches which cost Tens of Thousands still use $2 pins to keep them from falling off your wrist. I have seen watch pins fail more than once by simply bending after the band is snagged.
I bit the bullet and bought my Daytona on the grey market and to be perfectly honest it wasn’t that hard to bite. Love Rolex. Love the Daytona. And at the end of the day I’d rather die having enjoyed the Daytona than just having a little more money…
Enjoy it 🤝
Which one and year you got, if you don’t mind
Thanks
All the more reason why ill stick with a speedy
@8rick1ane you must own dozens then
Infinitely cooler 👍🏻
I will stick with my Samsung.
Ya rich pleb.
Both are epic watch, why not both?
Roasting of Rolex, love it!