Daytone - Nice But Mebe a Tad Impractical and Feels Agricultural

[rolesor2022]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Own many chronographs from Omega, Breitling, etc.. and my Daytona push buttons are at the top of the list on crispness and actuation. I would rank the push button feel extremely high quality and precise. If I am using my chronograph often, I will leave them unscrewed for the day or so. The watch is perfectly watertight with the pushers left unscrewed.

So if the pushers are left unscrewed and you accidentally wash your watch, will the Daytona be okay?

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by Andad

Nice But Mebe a Tad Impractical and Feels Agricultural

Trade it for some sheep Danny.

Plenty to choose from here I can tell you. We're out numbered I think.

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by Bazil

No never used the Chrongraphs, I do leave hand running to make it look like the second hand is running ..

I think a few people do that. I did for a few days.

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by 996marty

Thanks for the photos but it looks like you were right for me way too agricultural

Yeah, its alright to wear for odd jobs.

Probably be more useful if I could read the sub dials. Welcome to old age my friend

[bin31z]

Interesting that I found this thread, I just got a vintage serviced zenith Daytona and felt like the reset was not as crisp as my Zenith revival shadow. I assume its due to maybe differences in gaskets etc for additional water resistance.

[KatGirl]

Still don’t get the agricultural reference. So you are saying it feels like farm equipment? I’m lost! Beautiful watch, though. I’ve had many iterations of the Speedy, and only timed things with them occasionally.

Kat


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[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

Still don’t get the agricultural reference. So you are saying it feels like farm equipment? I’m lost! Beautiful watch, though. I’ve had many iterations of the Speedy, and only timed things with them occasionally.

Kat


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Yes, it's a simile, I think, or is it a euphemism? But yes I was surprised at how clunky it was, I thought it'd be a softer push with less resistance etc.

I guess the speedy is easier for impromptu timing as you don't have to unscrew the pushers. Is that screw down feature quite limited in other brands, seems so?

[881]

Originally Posted by dannyboy123

Yes, it's a simile, I think, or is it a euphemism? But yes I was surprised at how clunky it was, I thought it'd be a softer push with less resistance etc.

I guess the speedy is easier for impromptu timing as you don't have to unscrew the pushers. Is that screw down feature quite limited in other brands, seems so?

Mebe solidify your thoughts before expressing them, just one time

[hutch300]

I never time anything with mine. I like their looks and heritage.

[csaltphoto]

I agree on the feel of Daytona pushers. The few times I tried them out I was kind of astonished at how... I guess my word would be "unpolished" they feel. Not luxury at all. Like they were so stiff and so mechanical in feeling I would be nervous to actually use them. They felt out of place in something as delicate as a watch movement. Speedy pushers feel smoother. Less pushy more clicky. More like a stopwatch.

[Davidt]

I think pretty much all chronographs can feel ‘agricultural’, especially if you’re expecting silky smooth. I find column wheel movements feel slightly more “precise” that cam operated movements. My favourite in terms of feel and action is the valjoux 72.
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[Krash]

lol

His Daytona feels like farming.


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[brandrea]

Maybe trade it for a 321. Now those pushers feel like you’re walking on a cloud

[Krash]

My Speedmaster feels like healthcare or maybe glass blowing.


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[77T]

You push on the pushers?

When I first started racing, I used my Daytona for the purpose it was intended. Just one driver trying to see what the competition could do on course.

Transponders had long earlier given us better timing but it didn't help since no way to see the actual lap times.

Serious people used actual stopwatches because smartphones (and their Motorsports apps) hadn't been invented yet. And a clipboard, and a pencil, and a radio (yeah, radio had been invented by then).

These were digital quartz models - of course the pushers were so so smooooth...

I don't think anyone knows what a mechanical stopwatch pusher feels like.

Agro pushers? I'd never heard about that before. But that's no reason to get rid of a Daytona...missing a second or two turning a steak on the grill ain't gonna matter...


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[Chiboy]

I have only ever used the pushers on my Daytona and a Patek 5170P, which I tried on twice. IMO, the Daytona pushers are "crisp." The Patek pushers were buttery smooth. I thought they both were more than satisfactory to me in terms of how they felt.

I imagine the agricultural reference is due to OP being from New Zealand where maybe it has a different connotation than elsewhere?

[prnceofpersia23]

These days I only use the pushers occasionally to get the chronograph out of the way of the crown at 12 lol

[Meyrin]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

Still don’t get the agricultural reference. So you are saying it feels like farm equipment? I’m lost! Beautiful watch, though. I’ve had many iterations of the Speedy, and only timed things with them occasionally.

Kat


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It´s just a phrase commonly used (vernacular) in countries where British-style English is spoken, like the UK, Australia and New Zealand, for instance. It just denotes something that is rather basic, maybe a bit crude but functional, like a farm tractor! To paraphrase Winston Churchill (and some others!): "The British and Americans are two great people, joined by a long common history, but separated by a common language".

[Krash]

Originally Posted by Meyrin

It´s just a phrase commonly used (vernacular) in countries where British-style English is spoken, like the UK, Australia and New Zealand, for instance. It just denotes something that is rather basic, maybe a bit crude but functional, like a farm tractor! To paraphrase Winston Churchill (and some others!): "The British and Americans are two great people, joined by a long common history, but separated by a common language".

That explains why half this thread understands what he is saying and the other half is wondering WTH is he talking about.

But I always considered farm equipment to be sturdy, reliable, and even high tech in some cases.


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[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by csaltphoto

I agree on the feel of Daytona pushers. The few times I tried them out I was kind of astonished at how... I guess my word would be "unpolished" they feel. Not luxury at all. Like they were so stiff and so mechanical in feeling I would be nervous to actually use them. They felt out of place in something as delicate as a watch movement. Speedy pushers feel smoother. Less pushy more clicky. More like a stopwatch.

In a nutshell, THIS.

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by Watchdoyouwant?

I did a google search on this--and I was not able to confirm this is true.

I'm intrigued. Would someone point me to another place where the term is used that way?

I'm a Londoner living in NZ. Its used similarly in both countries.

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by rolesor2022

So if the pushers are left unscrewed and you accidentally wash your watch, will the Daytona be okay?

The screw down covers over the pusher buttons have nothing to do with keeping water out. You can go snorkeling with the pushers unscrewed.

[GoldenSub]

Originally Posted by uppersouth

limited edition “john deere”. Also fits into the dashboard as an hour meter too. Watch comes with the tractor.


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love it!

[Tqmb79]

It’s a mechanical watch. The pushers are going to literally click a piece to make it start and stop. If you want smooth, get a digital chrono. The feeling of the levers clicking is music to my ears. I love that.

[ppbskis]

In the seven years I’ve had my Daytona I don’t think I’ve successfully timed a thing.

Most times in my attempt I forgot that I was timing it.
I also find it easier to time cooking things with my sub rotating bezel.

And I totally get the agricultural description, I assumed he meant it wasn’t smooth and fluidic but more of a commercial or industrial type feeling.

Still the watch makes me happy and wish I wore it more.

Best Wishes to all


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[7enderbender]

Originally Posted by dannyboy123

Got me a Daytona and am now enjoying it. Initially I didn't bond with it, but now love it.

I wonder how many peeps actually regularly time stuff with it.

I often use my YM rotating bezel to time things while cooking - but can't be fussed doing so with the Daytona, too much mucking about coupled with unreadable sub dials (I'm old).

I was also quite surprised as to how stiff and agricultural the pushers felt - this is my first automatic chronograph - how does the Daytona feel compared to a Speedy and such like?

As I say, nice watch.

The Speedy is very practical and legible. Been unsung mine to time things for decades in daily life. Daytona is a piece of expensive jewelry that can barely tell time.