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10 August 2017, 07:01 PM | #1 |
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Imperfect lugs: Steel Daytona
Observed that the ss Daytona has asymmetric lugs, compared to the all gold Daytona. I am a bit chocked. My ss Daytona confirmed that. I do not have an all gold Daytona to compare. Anyone? Thanks in advance.
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It's a very well known fact and it's always been like that, there are many threads on TRF about it.
In short: * SS, TT and YG on bracelet have asymmetric lugs; * Pt, WG, RG and YG on Oysterflex have symmetric lugs. |
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Cheeky cost savings on the YG, I'd demand an extra 1% discount.
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Actually, the YG variants do have a lower MSRP compared to WG, RG and PT. But I think it is due to the yellow gold mix that they use, because all Rolex yellow gold models have a lower MSRP than their WG and RG versions.
116508: $36,650 116509: $39,350 116505: $39,350 116506: $75,000 (approx.) |
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This is the first time I've heard this.
Maybe because I'm finally planning on getting a Daytona? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Plus the lugs on the crown side of all the Rolex SS sports watches have always been a fraction slimmer over the past 40 plus years.
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Exactly
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Also, the case on the right (pusher) side of the watch extends a bit beyond the bezel on PM versions.
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Simple but very costly fix. Spend an extra 20-60k more for a pm if it bugs you. For me I could care less but I could see where it might bother OCDers but it's not an imperfection it's the way they are designed.
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Sorry if I missed it. Does anyone know the rationale for this? Was it an attempt to foil counterfeiting?
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Thinner lug on the crown side, thicker on the opposite side to "balance" the look, at least that's what I've read.
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Here Rolexes explanation.
Here Rolexes explanation. Another one of the pluses to having a SS haha. Kidding I never would of noticed any of this if it weren't for the forums. Can't go wrong either way.
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+ Does anyone have the picture or .gif which shows all the differences between SS and PM versions? I have it saved somewhere but I can't find it anymore. |
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The Daytonas only flaw IMHO.
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Yup one of those things I learned only once I joined the forum. Great reason to go PM with Daytona's.
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Well that's it. I'm ditching my SS Daytona and getting a gold one. I can't live with the asymmetry. The horrors.
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It's the PM ones that are flawed Rolex designed the asymmetrical case for balanced look but that's a flaw because it's not obvious enough. Kidding they are all flawed. Rolex only designs flawed watches.
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Your original asumption that ASYMMETRIC=IMPERFECT is wrong...
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I saw the explanation on the Rolex site. Thanks.
It just looks a bit odd in my eyes. The universe is symmetric (IMO), you know. When it is said, I embrace all imperfections in the world. Both in humans and Rolex.
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Sorry to bump an old thread but I can't unsee the uneven lugs now and and did a search.
Why did they do this? It just makes the asymmetry even worse... |
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