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View Poll Results: New Daytona White vs Black face
White 771 75.74%
Black 184 18.07%
None. I like old version better 63 6.19%
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:02 PM   #1
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New Daytona Black vs White

Which one do you guys think looks better?
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:04 PM   #2
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Both. Maybe white. I don't know


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Old 16 March 2016, 10:05 PM   #3
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White easily, black subdials /thread
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:06 PM   #4
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White reminds me of the 70's old Daytona's.
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:06 PM   #5
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White............plus they fixed the subdials that would just glare your eyes out when outside trying to read the them.
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:10 PM   #6
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White. Black one's face gets lost because of the black bezel. I'll keep my SS Black face with the classic bezel. No desire at all to trade up to the ceramic. The white face is the winner here. It's tempting, but not enough to replace what I already have. But as if Rolex couldn't sell all the SS Daytonas they could before this...it's gonna be a different level of crazy now.
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:50 PM   #7
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This is definitely my favorite white dialed Daytona. In terms of black dials, the 16520 easily takes the cake there
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Old 16 March 2016, 10:58 PM   #8
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Prefer the White, contrast of black subdials was the best part of the zenith version.

Was really hoping the silver subdials on the black would be changed to white.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:04 PM   #9
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prefer the white here. the black looks like a whole chunk of black in the middle...
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:06 PM   #10
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Blue!
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:09 PM   #11
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White dial all the way. It stands out more than the black dial. I like the contrast with the ceramic bezel.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:11 PM   #12
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White.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:11 PM   #13
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:15 PM   #14
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Oh no. I love the White so much!
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:16 PM   #15
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Both look great. I typically prefer darker dials, but the white looks nicer on this watch to me.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:17 PM   #16
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White. Daytona has been pushed to a new height... Hope can own one of these one day


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Old 16 March 2016, 11:19 PM   #17
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white with the zenith dial ,,, which looks amazing ,,, i had a white dial daytona and could not warm to it (not a zenith) and i like my black dial daytona ,,, but i find it hard to read ,,, so i wold not mind selling it and getting the new one ,,, one day.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:19 PM   #18
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White for sure
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:21 PM   #19
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I'll take both so doesn't matter which one is first on my wrist.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:22 PM   #20
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White dial is much more legible to me
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:23 PM   #21
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Normally, I lean towards blue, black and gray dials, but the new Daytona is best in white IMHO.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:24 PM   #22
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Still the white dial for me. But the black'a a stunner as well
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:24 PM   #23
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Thought I'd like black when the ceramics were to come to Daytona but the white looks much more balanced. The black sub-dial rings go great with the ceramic bezel but the black dial just kind of gets lost with the silver rings floating in the black of it all.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:25 PM   #24
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white one and for the black still love the older one
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:27 PM   #25
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I wonder what they did with the clasp?
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:27 PM   #26
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For me black all the way.
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:27 PM   #27
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White!!!
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:29 PM   #28
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Anyone else wondering why the lume doesn't look like the preview video???


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Old 16 March 2016, 11:31 PM   #29
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White for me
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Old 16 March 2016, 11:34 PM   #30
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I'll take the white as well =)

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