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Old 17 July 2021, 06:16 PM   #1
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116500 white dial

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Has anybody seen a white 116500 dial loose for sale ? Dial only ?

I just bought a Black Dial but it needs to be White
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Old 17 July 2021, 09:28 PM   #2
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It will be very difficult to source a white dial for the 116500 and in most cases the RSC will not do a swap (though it never hurts to ask).

My advice would be to contact a gray market seller and trade your watch for a white dial model. It will cost you some money since the market price of the white dial is higher, but it’s the easiest way to get what you want.
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Old 17 July 2021, 10:20 PM   #3
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It will be very difficult to source a white dial for the 116500 and in most cases the RSC will not do a swap (though it never hurts to ask).

My advice would be to contact a gray market seller and trade your watch for a white dial model. It will cost you some money since the market price of the white dial is higher, but it’s the easiest way to get what you want.
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Matt’s advice is worth looking into IMO. Good luck OP
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Old 17 July 2021, 10:02 PM   #4
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Old 17 July 2021, 10:21 PM   #5
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Just curious, why it must be a white dial?
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Old 18 July 2021, 01:34 AM   #6
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It has to be white as it’s for my eldest son , He tried to buy one last year but he doesn’t have a spends history that would convince a AD to sell him one , He has had some other priorities like moving house etc and after all it’s only a watch 🙄. I have said I’d keep my eyes open and this example came up local at what I thought was a good price, I panicked and bought it before it was sold. I contacted RSC about a service and dial change , The SS Daytona is one of a few watches dials can’t be changed along with Yellow Gold Daytonas going to green and SS skydweller going to Blue . The young lady was kind to politely explain it all,

I told my son I’d get it sorted and I will , one way or another I’ll px it or buy another .
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Old 18 July 2021, 01:51 AM   #7
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You need a white dial ,but it obviously didnt hurt to buy the black dial .....

I have both .I can live with either ,each has its own charm .

Swopping dials is not the answer .
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Old 20 July 2021, 12:27 AM   #8
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You need a white dial ,but it obviously didnt hurt to buy the black dial .....

I have both .I can live with either ,each has its own charm .

Swopping dials is not the answer .
Well I won’t be buying both colours , He thinks the White looks bigger and he wears a JC DSSD
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Old 18 July 2021, 02:06 AM   #9
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Hi Guys

Has anybody seen a white 116500 dial loose for sale ? Dial only ?

I just bought a Black Dial but it needs to be White

No, it needs to be steel.
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Old 18 July 2021, 02:20 AM   #10
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Probably cheaper to trade it, if it must be white.
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Old 18 July 2021, 02:38 AM   #11
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Am I the only one curious why he bought the black dial if he needed the white??
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Old 18 July 2021, 03:38 AM   #12
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Simples it was local and it was cheap £18500 , I can sell it tomorrow to Watch Finder £19500 or 22000 on a PX

But have you seen WF prices
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I have a want to buy on the wanted page and have been hit Severn times by three new members who registered in the last 24 hours 🙄
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Old 18 July 2021, 03:46 AM   #14
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I have a want to buy on the wanted page and have been hit Severn times by three new members who registered in the last 24 hours ��
yea... be careful with those

trade+cash with a local grey dealer and it will probably end up costing just a little more than what you might have to pay to source the white dial and get it swapped out


or if you are going to source a dial, definitely go for the steel dial
i'm so tempted to do this for my own white daytona
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Old 18 July 2021, 04:10 AM   #15
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yea... be careful with those

trade+cash with a local grey dealer and it will probably end up costing just a little more than what you might have to pay to source the white dial and get it swapped out


or if you are going to source a dial, definitely go for the steel dial
i'm so tempted to do this for my own white daytona
Hi Buddy

Yes you go grey and sell me your white dial 😍😍

To be fair Grey may even work but where would you get that ! Same problem unobtainium
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Old 18 July 2021, 03:49 AM   #16
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I have a want to buy on the wanted page and have been hit Severn times by three new members who registered in the last 24 hours 🙄
Hmmmm, doesn't sound great...
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Old 18 July 2021, 05:30 AM   #17
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Simples it was local and it was cheap £18500 , I can sell it tomorrow to Watch Finder £19500 or 22000 on a PX

But have you seen WF prices
And there you go they are going lower £18500.
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Old 19 July 2021, 04:45 AM   #18
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And there you go they are going lower £18500.
What are you talking about ?

I got this off a friend who had three all black dial . Watch finder offered me 19250/19750 . If I sold it tomorrow I would give the profit to my pal .

Lower ?
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Old 19 July 2021, 07:53 AM   #19
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Simples it was local and it was cheap £18500 , I can sell it tomorrow to Watch Finder £19500 or 22000 on a PX

But have you seen WF prices
Likely best option is to trade to a grey for a white and take the hit-albeit a BIG hit.
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Old 19 July 2021, 11:18 PM   #20
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Simples it was local and it was cheap £18500 , I can sell it tomorrow to Watch Finder £19500 or 22000 on a PX

But have you seen WF prices
How is this even cheap? That's $33,000 cad where I'm from. Meanwhile the watch retails at $15,500. You've really committed to the hype wagon here.
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Old 20 July 2021, 12:18 AM   #21
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How is this even cheap? That's $33,000 cad where I'm from. Meanwhile the watch retails at $15,500. You've really committed to the hype wagon here.
This is the U.K. ! . It isn’t hype I bought it for my eldest it isn’t exactly what he wanted ,He can’t buy a white dial he has only bought one watch in five years so he can’t expect our local AD to work some miracle , A friend on here messaged me and said he had three Rolex Daytonas , two ceramic bezel and one steel bezel but all were black

Watchfinder are asking £25 to £30k

List is £10500

My Pal offered it at £18,500 . It would have been silly to Decline it and after checking with Watchfinder they as above are 19250/19750 so even in the middle ,I would be £1000 in profit , I don’t get some of the comments

I will call Rolex again tomorrow and double check the we can’t swap a SS Daytona dial ! I asked Kingshill but maybe St James will have a different idea.
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Michele Posse had one & if it’s sold he will get you one


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Who is he does he sell them for £18.5k? That means this prices everyone quotes and on Chrono24 are not right?
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Who is he does he sell them for £18.5k? That means this prices everyone quotes and on Chrono24 are not right?

You need to read the full thread and understand the full thread ….
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Old 19 July 2021, 07:30 AM   #25
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Lol what a dummy I am
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Old 19 July 2021, 03:31 AM   #26
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116500 white dial

the son should accept any watches given by his dad period
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Old 19 July 2021, 09:39 PM   #27
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Another issue came to mind if you do a dial swap. If the watch is sent to RSC in the future, they may confiscate the white dial and send it back with a black dial again. Historically RSC returns the watch to its “original condition” and they will, of course, know that it was originally a black dial. Now RSC policies are somewhat opaque and always changing, but I wouldn’t take the chance.
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Another issue came to mind if you do a dial swap. If the watch is sent to RSC in the future, they may confiscate the white dial and send it back with a black dial again. Historically RSC returns the watch to its “original condition” and they will, of course, know that it was originally a black dial. Now RSC policies are somewhat opaque and always changing, but I wouldn’t take the chance.
I think it depends on the service center. I have an authorized service center near me that offered that they buy an alternative dial in case I was bored with the current one.
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