Daytona Gold Bezel

[Simon_jrees]

As I've mentioned in other threads, my Daytona is at the RSC. It's a two tone and I was wondering if anyone knows what they do to the tachymeter for the gold models. I'm assuming they polish any scratches out but I was wondering if they re-engrave/fill in the letters and numbers on the tachymeter as hard polishing can sometimes lead to engraving being buffed out, or whether they use a soft polishing technique for bezels.

[envuks]

They do polish it, but I do not believe they do anything to the tach print. A couple polishes tends not to impact the text. After quite a few you observe the lettering get more faint. I believe RSC charges ~$1300 for a new PM bezel with trade in of the old. Once it gets bad (or before it does) you can just do that

[GoingPlaces]

This is an interesting post. Not sure what they do. So many bezels on older Daytonas look over polished and the numbers look dulled. I just had mine serviced and asked for it not to be polished. Always a concern of mine with that watch.

[kieselguhr]

Here’s a thread by Bas, a Rolex watchmaker.

Servicing a white gold Daytona
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app

[JSolution]

Originally Posted by GoingPlaces

This is an interesting post. Not sure what they do. So many bezels on older Daytonas look over polished and the numbers look dulled. I just had mine serviced and asked for it not to be polished. Always a concern of mine with that watch.

I agree with you there put me off ever even buying one untill the ceramic. Went with the 116515LN.