Perception is powerful..and expensive

[Hollie_Rollie]

Originally Posted by belmate85

If I was able to walk into an AD and purchase a SS Daytona, it’s the winner. But I can’t, so the white speedmaster wins.

Exactly. Although I do like the bracelet in the Speedmaster better. Personal preference.


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[fivedime]

Originally Posted by 928ktgold

I guarantee the Daytonas you got offered weren’t all steel

…and you’d be wrong. It wasn’t this year, but..,

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by fivedime

…and you’d be wrong. It wasn’t this year, but..,

I’ll bite. What SS Daytona did you turn down and when was this???

[Afterglow]

Originally Posted by Tricolore66

Have both and love them equally but for different reasons. One thing I know for sure is when I see a speedy on someone’s wrist I know he’s a true watch guy. When I see a guy wearing a Daytona I never really know, but after a few minutes of conversation I usually figure out he’s just a “watch bro” and more interested in brands than watches. I know which guy I’d rather hang out with.

My thoughts exactly!

[ratty]

Originally Posted by Tricolore66

Have both and love them equally but for different reasons. One thing I know for sure is when I see a speedy on someone’s wrist I know he’s a true watch guy. When I see a guy wearing a Daytona I never really know, but after a few minutes of conversation I usually figure out he’s just a “watch bro” and more interested in brands than watches. I know which guy I’d rather hang out with.

I’m sure quite where this leaves my wife.

She has the Snoopy 2 and 3 because she likes Snoopy not because she’s a true watch guy.

[PenDelicate]

Originally Posted by Tricolore66

Have both and love them equally but for different reasons. One thing I know for sure is when I see a speedy on someone’s wrist I know he’s a true watch guy. When I see a guy wearing a Daytona I never really know, but after a few minutes of conversation I usually figure out he’s just a “watch bro” and more interested in brands than watches. I know which guy I’d rather hang out with.

I wear a Daytona and am more into the Rolex brand than watches.

So: yup.

[Maleg]

Originally Posted by 1William

Interesting discussion. This is really a post about cost which equates to money. Leave that out and we fall back to personal opinion about movements, finish and wear. I don't think it is a discussion because based on price, either retail or secondary, the Daytona and the Speedmaster are not going head to head. For me, neither, even though I have owned them all on both sides of the discussion.

For many, you are correct. But for me, I couldn't read the time easily on my Daytona. I have a black speedy that I can read the time without my reading glasses. I had trouble seeing the time on my Daytona with my reading glasses on. On a pure legibility perspective the Daytona was severly lacking.

The Daytona bracelet was more comfortable, but I doubled my money selling it to someone that needed one badly enough to pay way too much.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Maleg

For many, you are correct. But for me, I couldn't read the time easily on my Daytona. I have a black speedy that I can read the time without my reading glasses. I had trouble seeing the time on my Daytona with my reading glasses on. On a pure legibility perspective the Daytona was severly lacking.

The Daytona bracelet was more comfortable, but I doubled my money selling it to someone that needed one badly enough to pay way too much.

The legibility is an issue for me as well.

I know to some it’s not as important, but to me it’s pretty up there in terms of whether a watch will last …

Quick … what time is it?




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[Maleg]

Originally Posted by brandrea

The legibility is an issue for me as well.

I know to some it’s not as important, but to me it’s pretty up there in terms of whether a watch will last …

Quick … what time is it?



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The hands on the Daytona are so well camoflaged.

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by brandrea

The legibility is an issue for me as well.

I know to some it’s not as important, but to me it’s pretty up there in terms of whether a watch will last …

Quick … what time is it?




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Exactly this for me as well. Look at the picture in post 1 - perfect example

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Easy E

Exactly this for me as well. Look at the picture in post 1 - perfect example

A more direct comparison


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[HogwldFLTR]

Both work well enough. They're both blue, too.

[Marcjvr]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Both work well enough. They're both blue, too.

How dare you equate Rolex with a Subaru!!!

[Oxfordian]

White dial Speedy is just superb, I buy watches to tell the time, if I cannot see the time quickly and simply it doesn't matter how hyped it is, how overblown it's reputation is, I'm not owning one.

The white dial Speedmaster is so so so much better than the white dial Daytona IMHO, I just love that Speedmaster look. In fact I'd go as far as saying that any Speedy blows any Daytona out of the water, to be blunt; if my AD offered me a Daytona I'd pass.

I do not doubt the quality of the Rolex, I know from owning Rolex watches that they are well built and reliable, the Daytona's movement is highly rated and am sure that the Daytona would be a watch to keep forever.

But, and it is a huge but, for me it is a design that just leaves me cold, if Rolex made the next Daytona look more like a Speedmaster I'd be banging the AD's door down to get one.