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Old 3 March 2025, 03:39 PM   #42
Daytona king
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Originally Posted by Tricolore66 View Post
As someone posted previously, if you’ve owned a Speedmaster Pro you know that the ring around the bezel is particularly vulnerable to picking up nicks, and that alone would lead me to keep my 116500. The point of the ceramic bezel was to fix the most annoying aspect of owning a 116520, which was the bezel scratches. The 126500 trades one issue for another. I actually like the asymmetrical lugs as well, which were often referred to in Rolex print ads for the Daytona as a design detail and not a flaw to to corrected later. For the record, I was offered a 126500 and passed, though I’d happily taken it if I didn’t already have the 116500. I like my Daytona but it’s not one of my favorites. I actually far prefer my recent white dial Speedmaster Professional, which I realize isn’t a popular opinion on a Rolex forum.

Wow which 126500 did you pass up on? I’m assuming this was from an AD at retail.


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