Grail Arrived & Remarkably Quickly

[Vince KSA]

Just picked up my SS Daytona 116500 LN, and over the moon! it is a definite keeper and in my opinion one of the all time iconic Rolexes.

I'm in Saudi Arabia and have an excellent relationship with my dealer Deepsea blue and the new DJ41 (Blue) purchased within the last 14 months. To cut a long story short it arrived at the 12 month point. My dealer says their policy is maximum of 1-3 years for any watch.

First impressions, much smaller than I thought, I knew it was a 40 mm, but it feels way smaller than my DJ 41, it wears small and neat. That's fine as my wrists are average to small. For example the red lettering "Daytona", on the photo is virtually impossible to read for anyone unless you have perfect eyesight or reading glasses on. I'm 50 but cannot see it without my +1.50 reading glasses. The bezel obviously doesn't move, something I just took for granted, but being briefed on its function I now fully understand, likewise as it has no date I will probably still wear my DJ 41 Blue for daily wear.

Finally the price! In the UK this is a sub GBP10k watch. The AD (Not Grey), the AD price here is 68,250 Saudi Riyals, GBP 14,000 or indeed USD 18,200. thats just the price here in Saudi. Any other owners had to pay a similar price in different countries have a similar high price from their AD?

Let me know your thoughts.