126506 Platinum Daytona

[Bentley7884]

Not seen many threads covering the 126506 Platinum Daytona.
Really interested in any 1st hand impressions / owning experiences.
Other than off-catalogue, is this seen by most as THE ultimate modern Rolex?

[rolexpatek363]

It was a very popular watch on here a few years ago.

[JSolution]

Haven’t seen many 12 incoming posts. I’m considering buying one if it comes my way I do like the case back.

[macplee]

grail watch for me!! yes if anyone has first hand observations....would love to read

[Bentley7884]

It would be good to hear whether anybody obtained from AD or had to go grey too. I think this is probably one of the truly low volume pieces.

[BriansRolex]

The case back is awesome on the new reference

[Sublovin]

Originally Posted by rolexpatek363

It was a very popular watch on here a few years ago.

And for those who have been around a while, it was a very unpopular watch several years before that.
I loved this watch from the get go, but the majority seemed to dislike it. Lots of comments like “a Platinum Daytona is silly”, or “Not a fan of the dial and ugly brown bezel”.
Like many trends and collectibles, the narrative changed and sheep followed.
I still love it. I should have bought one several years ago when they were selling for ~$50,000 preowned. I have worn one many times (friend has one), and it’s beautiful. Love the weight, love the brown bezel with ice blue dial. It’s a classic. If I were to buy one now, I would likely seek out the diamond dial. Why not.

[JSolution]

Originally Posted by Sublovin

And for those who have been around a while, it was a very unpopular watch several years before that.
I loved this watch from the get go, but the majority seemed to dislike it. Lots of comments like “a Platinum Daytona is silly”, or “Not a fan of the dial and ugly brown bezel”.
Like many trends and collectibles, the narrative changed and sheep followed.
I still love it. I should have bought one several years ago when they were selling for ~$50,000 preowned. I have worn one many times (friend has one), and it’s beautiful. Love the weight, love the brown bezel with ice blue dial. It’s a classic. If I were to buy one now, I would likely seek out the diamond dial. Why not.

Because the new diamond dial is rubbish compared to the old :)

[ratty]

I used to really like this watch, at the time even my wife had no problems with me buying one because she said it was the only genuine "WOW!!" Daytona she had seen, but the price was more than I could justify when it came out!

I remember when their mrrp in the UK was around the mid to high forty thousands and they were discounted to very high thirty thousands. I found the watch quite heavy to wear, even compared to WG models, and this did put me off. Lots of ADs had then in and it was very easy to try this model on in shops. As a comparison, around this time, which must have been about 10 to 12 years ago, I bought a new WG Daytona on a bracelet for about 17K and a new WG Daytona on a strap for about 13k. Discounts and availability were readily available in the UK then

I still like the look of the watch, especially the model in the photo above. I don't know what the mrrp is for one now, but I've no doubt that they are a lot more than I would pay for one now. The older I get the more I like older and lighter weight models such as the 16520.

There used to be a DR Kerr (at least I think that was his name) who used to post a lot about his watch and it certainly looked the part, unfortunately I haven't seen him post anything recently.


Having posted this I now realise that you are asking about the new 126... model, obviously my comments about are about the previous model!

[ap1]

116 DD is tops version I think

[Sublovin]

Originally Posted by JSolution

Because the new diamond dial is rubbish compared to the old :)

Really, why? Do you mean the quality of the diamonds?

[ryanbush]

It's an awesome watch, but I don't think of it in anyway as the "ultimate rolex"

[KBM]

I'd take a solid platinum caseback over a sapphire one any day on this ref. And baguettes, please.

[manbegood]

Exhibition back is awesome, have them on my Breguets.

[JSolution]

Originally Posted by Sublovin

Really, why? Do you mean the quality of the diamonds?

No of course not, I’ve changed phone don’t have the tapatalk app so I can’t show you a photo. The new diamond dial is identical to the non diamond dial. The previous version had a completely blue dial and no sub rings it made it a little more unique :)