Daytona bezel misaligned?

[Rmatlanta]

Not sure my eyes aren’t fooling me but the 60 units per hour triangle seems to be misaligned to the dial (and chrono second). Pic doesn’t show it but while the top triangle seems off, the triangles at 3, 6, and 9 do note. Not sure whether this is the way Daytona bezels are aligned. Thanks for any thoughts.

[springer]

That's how they look.

[omar-rye]

Just kidding. Did you compare it to the photo on Rolex.com? I don’t have a Daytona to compare

[joli160]

Rolex tolerances are not so tight

[SS Oyster]

Hard to tell from only 1 blurry picture, but based solely on the picture provided, it appears to me that your bezel is perfectly centered to the middle of the end link and the engraved crown at the top of the chapter ring is lined up perfectly to the "60" on the bezel.

Also, the Chronograph sweep hand is lined up perfectly to the applied crown at the 12 o'clock position on the dial. However, that's clearly not aligned to the "60".

To me, the only explanation is that your dial and hand stack are all centered at 11:59, or 1 minute to the left of center. If it were my watch, I'd send it to RSC for correction.

[Bigsoftee]

Would not bother me in the slightest.

[Agamemnon]

Sometimes it happens.

[DDPS]

Well, the 60 arrow in any Daytona doesn't actually precisely line up in between the "6" and "0" of the 60, which makes such determinations more difficult. (https://content.rolex.com/dam/2022-1...0&imwidth=2880)

What's weirder to me on your watch is that the letters in the chapter ring don't seem to line up properly with the seconds markers. They should be precisely aligned (although it could be just the angle of your close-up photo), like so:

[swish77]

Looks fine. Not everything with Rolex, or any other brand, is absolutely perfect down to the micro millimeter.

[Tools]

Between the variables it appears that it may be a half-tic off.

Each tic is 1/5 second, so something may be misaligned by 1/10 of a second and very likely within any conceivable tolerances.

My feeling, though, is that the bezel and rehaut align perfectly, but the dial is a half tic to the left and the sweep hand has been installed to align with the dial, the area most people look first.

[DDPS]

I should have said rehaut, not chapter ring. My bad.

[911991]

it does align with the position on the Daytona pics on the website, personally I would not worry about it, enjoy wearing the watch.

https://www.rolex.com/watches/cosmog...00ln-0002.html

[zengineer]

You are now officially the first forum member to ver try to use the bezel scale.


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[subtona]

Bezel is fine. Dial needs to be turned to the right. Will then line up w Rehaut and bezel.

[SLWoodster]

It’s off. I just checked 3 daytonas and they don’t look like that.

[fskywalker]

As PADI likes to say, closeups and loupes don’t go well with most watch finishes. As said above likely within fabrication tolerances, looks ok IMHO


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[rambo99]

it looks ok to me, don't worry about it, enjoy your daytona.

[xjeeunitx]

how does it look at the six?

[Rmatlanta]

Wow, first, thanks for everyone taking a look. I’ve decided to live with it b/c I’m not even sure there’s anything “wrong”. To answer the post copied here, oddly it looks almost perfect at the six.

What’s even more interesting is that one reply said it looks good vs the official image on the Rolex website, but actually the image on the site appears off by at least one tick to the LEFT (mine’s to the right), so who knows what Rolex actually even intends here. (I’d be interested if anyone actually knew?).

Really do appreciate the input.

[subtona]

Originally Posted by Rmatlanta

Wow, first, thanks for everyone taking a look. I’ve decided to live with it b/c I’m not even sure there’s anything “wrong”. To answer the post copied here, oddly it looks almost perfect at the six.

What’s even more interesting is that one reply said it looks good vs the official image on the Rolex website, but actually the image on the site appears off by at least one tick to the LEFT (mine’s to the right), so who knows what Rolex actually even intends here. (I’d be interested if anyone actually knew?).

Really do appreciate the input.

n

If you take a better look the rehaut is also not aligned. The long hash marks of the dial should line up perfectly under the center of the letters.

Your dial has to be turned to the right. That’s all.

[Rmatlanta]

Originally Posted by subtona

n

If you take a better look the rehaut is also not aligned. The long hash marks of the dial should line up perfectly under the center of the letters.

Your dial has to be turned to the right. That’s all.

Can’t argue with the facts. Thank you for looking so closely. It’s bothering me less already. What a great watch regardless. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by subtona

n

If you take a better look the rehaut is also not aligned. The long hash marks of the dial should line up perfectly under the center of the letters.

Your dial has to be turned to the right. That’s all.

This

Its the dial that is slightly off.

[subtona]

Originally Posted by Rmatlanta

Can’t argue with the facts. Thank you for looking so closely. It’s bothering me less already. What a great watch regardless. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Originally Posted by Devildog

This

Its the dial that is slightly off.

[Jack T]

Found these photos on the web; whether it bothers you is your call, but these pics show all are aligned.

[zengineer]

Misread, retracted

[Porsche9284]

Mine also came the factory misaligned, brought back to AD and they sent back to Rolex to realign. Got it back a few weeks later, good as new.

[Calborn]

both of my daytonas are like that, bothered me at first, but now don't care

[rdragon]

If the 60 units/hr is perfectly aligned with the 60 min marker on the dial, should the 240 units/hr and 80 units/hr be perfectly horizontal and aligned with the 3 and 9 hour markers? The 240 and the 80 dots on the bezel of the 116520 seem to align nicely to the 15 and 45 min markers on the dial, but on the ceramic dials, the triangle at 240 and 80 seem to be slightly misaligned and not horizontal to each other.

[Rmatlanta]

Originally Posted by rdragon

If the 60 units/hr is perfectly aligned with the 60 min marker on the dial, should the 240 units/hr and 80 units/hr be perfectly horizontal and aligned with the 3 and 9 hour markers? The 240 and the 80 dots on the bezel of the 116520 seem to align nicely to the 15 and 45 min markers on the dial, but on the ceramic dials, the triangle at 240 and 80 seem to be slightly misaligned and not horizontal to each other.

I agree with you and have become dizzy. I’m just going to stop thinking about it!

[Seddyspaghetti]

Perhaps slightly? Here’s mine for reference.