1 Daytona vs 2 or more other Rolex models?

[the dark knight]

After a lot of dithering and agonizing, I put together the funds to just go ahead and get a Daytona C grey market. I was literally on a trusted seller's website looking at it, when I realized something. For the budget needed for 1 Daytona, I could get a BLNR AND Explorer I and probably have a bit of change left over.

All of a sudden this was very intriguing as with my Sub this would create a very balanced 3-watch collection in an "Air, Land, and Sea" theme. You could say this about all Rolex models (including the Daytona) but I like the rich histories behind both the Explorer and the GMT models as well. Plus the GMT's complication is probably a tad more useful to me than a chrono.

If I get creative and patient on the preowned market, I could probably add a Datejust as well, all for around the budget of a Daytona. So essentially I could end up with 4/5 of my favorite Rolex models. And maybe just start all over after that and save up for the Daytona.

The BLNR by itself is probably my current 2nd favorite Rolex. So I'd say if my desire for a Daytona was 10 out of 10, the BLNR would be around an 8. So it does make the decision pretty tough when in addition to the BLNR I could have 1 or even 2 more Rolex models I also really like for the same money.