which to dispose for a daytona? Sub date or BLNR?

[dwjez14]

Originally Posted by Swimmer0

sell neither youll regret losing that SUB , wait for the Daytona go thru an AD, your crazy to pay that much over MSRP for an SS....

What this guy said here. It’s just not worth it. I was in the same boat about to pay 21-23k for a Daytona but then because of this form I came to my senses You have 2 really great watches. Both are hard to acquire it’s not like you just can walk into an AD and get either. Be happy with what you have now. Work that relationship with your AD. Tell them you want to order one and you don’t care if it takes a few years. The Daytona will be all the more special after waiting for so long once you get it . Or at least wait until baselworld see what else comes out or let’s say the blnr does discontinue ? Then you may have more cash out in that one if you must pick one .
At the end of the day why flush 7-8,000 down the toilet to get the Daytona above retail and have to dump a great watch in order to do so. If you want a Daytona that bad buy a 2 tone below retail to help that itch. And keep the ones you have now. Put some color in that collection with the yellow gold

[s.m.b.]

I wouldn't pay over MSRP for any watch, let alone a Daytona; and I definitely wouldn't "dispose" of a Submariner or GMT to pay over MSRP for a Daytona. Talk to your AD and get on a waitlist, or the very least, pause for a spell and think about what you really want. Waiting often proves to be a good thing.

[iatacs19]

Sell the BLNR while it's above MSRP, you'll get the most return for your money to put towards the Daytona. Keep the sub date since it's at/almost MSRP.

[GsurgBM]

If you really want the Daytona then I’d do it I guess. Lose the one your heart tells you has to go. If your honest with yourself you’ll know which one you like better. Don’t listen to others, do what makes you happiest. They are just watches.

That being said, if i had decided to do it, I’d probably sell the sub. The BLNR is just more interesting, harder to get and worth more. So I’d keep it. Sub is much easier to reasonably replace down the road, both in terms of finding and paying for.


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[thesharkfactor]

I’d keep the Liam Neeson (LN). But I’m biased, I love my Submariner.

[timeldn]

I would sell the 2016 BLNR and benefit from the premium which will go towards your DaytonaC. Before proceeding I recommend you visit a grey dealer and try on the DaytonaC.

[iluvrolex]

I would sell the sub, just because it will be easier to get than the blnr in the future if you ever want to add it back. Good luck!


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[DownTime]

Keep both and wait to buy the Daytona at retail

[ckng2000]

If possible keep both and save for the daytona.. you wont regret

If one must go then i would let go the sub.. just my personal opinion.. :)


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[WS9D]

Originally Posted by Law_ren22

I currently own a 2016 BLNR and a two week old Submariner date (Jan. 2019) which i got at retail price. I've been eyeing on the Daytona Ceramic Black dial and i can't afford to have three rolex watches as much as i would want to. Which of the two should i sell for the daytona? my 2016 BLNR or my 2019 Sub date? Need your inputs. Thanks

PS. the daytona im purchasing is worth about $21,100 (grey market).. I have no choice since that's my only way to get it.

I would keep what you have as I like them better than the Daytona personally.

[cajerseyboy]

Keep the BLNR but swap PCL Oyster bracelet w sub date oyster bracelet and glidelock clasp. Then and only then will you have the best of 3 worlds.


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[kaker15]

I’d flip the SubDate and keep the BLNR, personally

[Pauln]

Not answer to your question, really, but I’d keep what you have and skip the Daytona.

[Boaters]

BLNR for sure..

[Law_ren22]

Originally Posted by dwjez14

What this guy said here. It’s just not worth it. I was in the same boat about to pay 21-23k for a Daytona but then because of this form I came to my senses You have 2 really great watches. Both are hard to acquire it’s not like you just can walk into an AD and get either. Be happy with what you have now. Work that relationship with your AD. Tell them you want to order one and you don’t care if it takes a few years. The Daytona will be all the more special after waiting for so long once you get it . Or at least wait until baselworld see what else comes out or let’s say the blnr does discontinue ? Then you may have more cash out in that one if you must pick one .
At the end of the day why flush 7-8,000 down the toilet to get the Daytona above retail and have to dump a great watch in order to do so. If you want a Daytona that bad buy a 2 tone below retail to help that itch. And keep the ones you have now. Put some color in that collection with the yellow gold

Nice. Very good point. I'll consider it

[Law_ren22]

Originally Posted by GsurgBM

If you really want the Daytona then I’d do it I guess. Lose the one your heart tells you has to go. If your honest with yourself you’ll know which one you like better. Don’t listen to others, do what makes you happiest. They are just watches.

That being said, if i had decided to do it, I’d probably sell the sub. The BLNR is just more interesting, harder to get and worth more. So I’d keep it. Sub is much easier to reasonably replace down the road, both in terms of finding and paying for.


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Yes. Now i have an alliance. I might sell my sub to accede to my itch for the daytona

[pumpkinpot]

I'd wait on the daytona, save up some more and wait for prices to fall.

[nick c]

Sell the Blnr

[Law_ren22]

Still torn on what i should sell :(


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[dkg1616]

Ditch the BLNR the sub is just so versatile and such a classic; and you’ll get more money

[BLNR Nairobi]

If you sell the BLNR you will get more money for it than if you sold the Submariner, BUT (and it’s a big but) if you EVER felt you missed the BLNR you’d either have to (i) wait for quite some time or (ii) pay a sizeable premium on the gray market.

If you however sell the Submariner you will get less money (the Sub LN is more common and doesn’t command the same premium), and importantly if you ever got seller’s remorse and wanted to get another one if would be both easier to find and cheaper to acquire. I wouldn’t call Submariner LNs ubiquitous, but in the circles I hand around there are SO many of them.

If I were you I wouldn’t sell either (especially to buy a daytona at double MRSP - I advise you try the Daytona on and see if it speaks to you), but if I absolutely HAD to sell the choice would be very simple.

Sell the Submariner.

You will get less money for it, but if you ever decide to get one again you will get one faster and for less money than if you sold the BLNR. Submariners in their LN form will always be available.

Any advice you get to the contrary is simply to make you add one mistake (selling the BLNR, which though not impossible is not an easy watch to get) to another mistake (paying double for a SS Rolex...)

[Law_ren22]

Originally Posted by BLNR Nairobi

If you sell the BLNR you will get more money for it than if you sold the Submariner, BUT (and it’s a big but) if you EVER felt you missed the BLNR you’d either have to (i) wait for quite some time or (ii) pay a sizeable premium on the gray market.

If you however sell the Submariner you will get less money (the Sub LN is more common and doesn’t command the same premium), and importantly if you ever got seller’s remorse and wanted to get another one if would be both easier to find and cheaper to acquire. I wouldn’t call Submariner LNs ubiquitous, but in the circles I hand around there are SO many of them.

If I were you I wouldn’t sell either (especially to buy a daytona at double MRSP - I advise you try the Daytona on and see if it speaks to you), but if I absolutely HAD to sell the choice would be very simple.

Sell the Submariner.

You will get less money for it, but if you ever decide to get one again you will get one faster and for less money than if you sold the BLNR. Submariners in their LN form will always be available.

Any advice you get to the contrary is simply to make you add one mistake (selling the BLNR, which though not impossible is not an easy watch to get) to another mistake (paying double for a SS Rolex...)

Okay. Understood. Thanks for your inputs. Im veering towards selling the sub.


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[teabags001]

Better try one on in person. I too loved the lack dial Daytona and could have bought it at one point. Problem is that it wore super small. It’s 38.5mm. I was super disappointed. Plus not having a date would have been a issue for me. If your used to 40mm watches with maxi cases the Daytona will feel super small. Just because it looks good in pictures you better try one on in person. I was like you and was 100 percent going to buy it... then I tried it on and now I’m over it. I would sell the BLNR only because if I was paying a huge premium I would want as much inflated value I could get. $3-5k is pretty good. But in reality if I liked the Daytona so much and I liked the fit of it I would honestly sell both. I would sell high on the BLNR and you obviously don’t care for the sub date since you only bought it on impulse because it was at retail. You will be in a honeymoon phase with your Daytona for months. By that time you can save back up and get what you truly want as a second watch. Rolex might update the movement in the BLNR and you will end up looking like a genius.


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[maylebox]

Originally Posted by Law_ren22

To be frank, i couldn't say no to my AD since it was offered at retail and it was only a week ago when i started "craving" for the black dial daytona ceramic after seeing wrist shot photos of it on instagram. I suddenly fell in love with it and started checking all local ADs as well as resellers.

Stay off the forums and IG for a while. You don't have to have the latest watch made of unobtanium just because someone wore one on Instagram. Especially if buying it requires you selling one the most desirable watches around so you can pay $9K over retail for the next one.

It's pretty easy to get caught up in the hype of the forums and social media so I vote to stand pat.

Check out what's new with Basel. Something new may be introduced that you see on IG and want to spend $10K over retail :) In the meantime you've got a couple really nice watches to spend time with, one of them you just received. What's the hurry?

[Law_ren22]

Okay. Well noted. I actually was able to try the daytona i want and sang to me and i really love it.


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[GSBC]

Sell the BLNR. I think it’s way over valued currently...and I have one.
Even if Rolex discontinue (which I don’t believe they will), the hype will fizzle out eventually.
Use the funds toward a 116500 LN, if you can’t just add to your collection. However, I’d go for the white dial.
Anyway, I have both and I’d easily give up the BLNR for the Daytona...not even a second thought.

[shoppy]

Originally Posted by Law_ren22

Okay. Well noted. I actually was able to try the daytona i want and sang to me and i really love it.


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Good for you at the end of the day irrespective of how many won't pay over retail argument. Thee are about 10+ who do and are willing to. You can wait for the unicorn to arrive or go and get the unicorn now and enjoy it. My friend purchased a ceramic from grey in late 2016, he and sold it recently, made some money above what he paid and now has a DD40. He was able to enjoy the watch and people said he paid a silly magnet than, but the prices have grown even worse now.

All watches are just that, if you want it get it, I have never been a fan of the BLNR and have moved mine on swiftly after owning it several times.

Glad that you re happy with your choice, buying. watch is a personal thing and you need to engage with it. Looks great on your wrist, which did yous ell in the end?

[Law_ren22]

Originally Posted by shoppy

Good for you at the end of the day irrespective of how many won't pay over retail argument. Thee are about 10+ who do and are willing to. You can wait for the unicorn to arrive or go and get the unicorn now and enjoy it. My friend purchased a ceramic from grey in late 2016, he and sold it recently, made some money above what he paid and now has a DD40. He was able to enjoy the watch and people said he paid a silly magnet than, but the prices have grown even worse now.



All watches are just that, if you want it get it, I have never been a fan of the BLNR and have moved mine on swiftly after owning it several times.



Glad that you re happy with your choice, buying. watch is a personal thing and you need to engage with it. Looks great on your wrist, which did yous ell in the end?

So should i bite the bullet and purchase it now?


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[Pongster]

I would not buy at way over MSRP

[Mezz72]

21k is way too much froth when the market is below $20k for one?