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27 March 2023, 11:29 PM | #61 |
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Just saw a side/side. The bezel/dial looks small with the new lugs. My eyesite may be failing me now.
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27 March 2023, 11:29 PM | #62 |
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This is bad ass
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27 March 2023, 11:29 PM | #63 |
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I actually preferred the new version over the outgoing SS Daytonas. The watch has more of a racing chronograph look to it imho. I have a black dial Daytona and I think it feels a tad too dressy with the roundish case and one piece bezel.
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27 March 2023, 11:30 PM | #64 | |
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27 March 2023, 11:31 PM | #65 | |
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I've been wearing the 321 about 2-3 days a week since last June and see no signs of wear on the bezel ring. I like how it frames the bezel and IMO give it a more premium look. As I said earlier, I'd have to see the new Daytona IRL to judge, but I'm assuming Rolex has done a great job of it. And .. who says brushed case sides don't work. IMG-20220618-WA0002.jpg Sent from my SM-G960W using Tapatalk |
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27 March 2023, 11:32 PM | #66 |
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Put me down in the LOVE category!!
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27 March 2023, 11:32 PM | #67 |
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27 March 2023, 11:35 PM | #68 | |
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Rolex's own press script about the SS Daytona a few years ago stated that - "The Daytona's design is an exercise in perfectly mastered symmetry. Its screw-down pushers on each side of the crown are counterbalanced by the slightly wider lugs on the opposite side of the case, maintaining aesthetic balance". So in other words, this means that on some Daytonas, Rolex use asymmetric lugs to create an asymmetric case for better "balance" (), while on other Daytonas they use symmetric lugs to create an actually symmetric case, which (by Rolex's own yardstick) must mean they wilfully created what they think is an unbalanced case that's not symmetric (despite it actually being balanced and symmetric)! Just weird, and best consigned to history IMO, as it now rightfully is.
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27 March 2023, 11:36 PM | #69 | |
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I also think it's less a case of taking a page out of Omega's playbook but more coming to the realization that the initial design of having a slim ceramic edge exposed on a bezel is not ideal durability wise. |
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27 March 2023, 11:39 PM | #70 |
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27 March 2023, 11:41 PM | #71 |
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27 March 2023, 11:49 PM | #72 |
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New design is spot on. Old design was a mess.
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28 March 2023, 12:01 AM | #73 |
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New one by a mile.
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28 March 2023, 12:15 AM | #74 |
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28 March 2023, 12:18 AM | #75 | |
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I’m not sure. To me the case looks even bigger than the past RG and WG cases. The pushers look sunk in and the crown guards look very bulky. From the angles in these photos the proportions look like a step in the wrong direction. The other thing that catching my eye the wrong way is that the dial details look smaller and more fine. Smaller indexes and subdial surrounds, but the cases is bigger and chunky. That seems like a subtle downgrade But people will still eat it up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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28 March 2023, 12:19 AM | #76 |
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Doesn’t matter how much I like the new one if I don’t get offered one. LOL
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28 March 2023, 12:20 AM | #77 |
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I love the new design.
But let be honest- most of us are talking about a piece we’ll never sniff at retail….ever … so pretty much getting up in arms about nothing really Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
28 March 2023, 12:22 AM | #78 |
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An already difficult to read watch becomes even harder. Thinner hands and smaller subdials.
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28 March 2023, 12:23 AM | #79 |
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New one looks better IMO.
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28 March 2023, 12:25 AM | #80 |
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I just don’t know how someone can hate one and love the other. LOL
Literally almost identical with only subtle differences. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
28 March 2023, 12:26 AM | #81 |
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Never liked the chunky ceramic bezels of the current lineup, this new release, bezel looks properly integrated into the watch rather than looking like it was slapped on top. My opinion only, but love this new release.
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28 March 2023, 12:26 AM | #82 |
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I'm with you on this. The OP was kinda dramatic. "Destroyed?" Really? "Devastated and gutted?" I can't even tell if this is sarcasm or not.
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28 March 2023, 12:27 AM | #83 |
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The new Daytona looks significantly better than the old one at least based on pics
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28 March 2023, 12:31 AM | #84 |
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In other news, it seems as though all chocolate dials are now discontinued, as they disappeared from their website. Can anyone confirm my findings?
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28 March 2023, 12:32 AM | #85 |
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I think they did it because the Ceramic can chip.
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28 March 2023, 12:33 AM | #86 |
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28 March 2023, 12:36 AM | #87 | |
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To be frank, it reads like you own the 116500LN and wishes for it to increase in value. But I'm sure that can't be true, right? |
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28 March 2023, 12:46 AM | #88 |
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Too bad they discontinued their chocolate. That was one of my favorites from them in the daytona lineup.
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28 March 2023, 12:48 AM | #89 |
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It is nice to have these 1st world problems though, amirite?
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28 March 2023, 12:49 AM | #90 |
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Agree. Rolex releases don’t even get me excited any longer. Bc of of changes like this that are there just create “new” watches and drive demand. More of the waiting game BS.
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