Decision: Upgrade SS Daytona to YG Daytona

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by ChuckFinlay

Gorgeous watch, nowhere to go after that one...enjoy

I agree! thanks! It truly is my grail, I can't honestly say I would have ANY other watch

[impalass]

Congrats, thats a stunning Daytona Guess yoy're going to be walking around with a silly grin on your face for a long time.

[Baselman]

SS Daytona + SubC = The Dan Daytona


Please more pics

[AK797]

Many congrats, nothing like a gold Daytona!

[iloveomegawatch]

Congratulation it is a nice watch
How much is the different in price ?
IMHO I won't upgrade is just be cause it is YG and nothing different at all.
However it is your choice! And congratulation again :)

[Chaching]

Congrats! Awesome!!!!

[Daytona-Dan]

Thanks all, been grinning all day!

[Solo118]

Congrats looks fantastic!! Never saw that dial before and now you have me and everyone drooling!!

[Oldwilsonian]

Beautiful piece - congrats!

[Daytona-Dan]

I've just been doing some calculations based on the extra money I put down on top of my SS Daytona. If I hadn't purchased the full YG Daytona, I could have kept my SS one and used the money to buy a further 3 SS Rolex watches of my choice or two TT GMT2/SubC's.

Had I gone down that route, I would have my SS SubC, kept my SS Black Daytona and I would have probably added a brand new SS GMT2, SS SubC LV or ND and a maybe a DJ2. That would be 5 VERY nice watches, but I still would not be as happy as I am now.

I have decided to keep my SS SubC as it compliments the gold Daytona very well. I have always said that I don't want more than 2 watches and I think these two make the perfect pair. In retrospect, I feel sort of sad that I have purchased my Grail, basically because I have nowhere else to go except perhaps upgrade my SubC to WG or maybe replace it with that awesome WG Meteorite Daytona?

[walds11]

I agree Dan. You have a nice combo there. I have a SS Sub-C and a SS Daytona black dial on the way. This will be my 4th SS Daytona. Hopefully I hold onto this one

Originally Posted by Daytona-Dan

I've just been doing some calculations based on the extra money I put down on top of my SS Daytona. If I hadn't purchased the full YG Daytona, I could have kept my SS one and used the money to buy a further 3 SS Rolex watches of my choice or two TT GMT2/SubC's.

Had I gone down that route, I would have my SS SubC, kept my SS Black Daytona and I would have probably added a brand new SS GMT2, SS SubC LV or ND and a maybe a DJ2. That would be 5 VERY nice watches, but I still would not be as happy as I am now.

I have decided to keep my SS SubC as it compliments the gold Daytona very well. I have always said that I don't want more than 2 watches and I think these two make the perfect pair. In retrospect, I feel sort of sad that I have purchased my Grail, basically because I have nowhere else to go except perhaps upgrade my SubC to WG or maybe replace it with that awesome WG Meteorite Daytona?

[mkmk]

Gorgeous. I am at a loss for words it is so.......GORGEOUS. Wear it in the best of health. Thank you for sharing with us. It was a fun adventure and you made the best decision.
Now...the hunt is still on. A nice one for your wife for all her support. LOL

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by mkmk

Gorgeous. I am at a loss for words it is so.......GORGEOUS. Wear it in the best of health. Thank you for sharing with us. It was a fun adventure and you made the best decision.
Now...the hunt is still on. A nice one for your wife for all her support. LOL

Thank you, it was a pleasure! And yes, I will be looking for a YG DD or YG 36mm DJ for my wife at some point but I need to recover a bit first. She keeps telling me she is happy with her current one and doesn't want to change it (SS/WG 36mm DJ with diamond dial) so I guess I'll have to surprise her one day!

[kngzfrd]

That is a great looking watch! Congrats!!

[007bond]

Congrats! Fantastic watch, enjoy!

[aandrianto]

Never do that, the most iconic daytona is ss imho...

[CLS63AMG]

GORGEOUS PIECE!!! LOVE THE DIAL!!! So how much of a discount did you end up getting and how much did the watch cost?

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by CLS63AMG

GORGEOUS PIECE!!! LOVE THE DIAL!!! So how much of a discount did you end up getting and how much did the watch cost?

RRP was £26,350 but I got a 15% discount as a returning customer. If I took the window/display one I'm sure I could have got more but this was ordered direct from the Kent warehouse and arrived in factory packaging so I was the first person to touch it besides Rolex. It took only 5 days to arrive.

[tkerrmd]

that is Amazing I think you did the right thing

[AK797]

Quality over quantity for me too. Looks like youll be planning to get the WG Sub then, I find half the fun is in the hunt and the anticipation so would be quite a shame for me if I had all the watches I could want.

[Baselman]

Hi Dan is that dial only available with diamonds and the gold numerals at 15/30/45 or is it available with full numbers with lume? Or full diamonds instead of the 15/30/45 gold markers ?

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by AK797

Quality over quantity for me too. Looks like youll be planning to get the WG Sub then, I find half the fun is in the hunt and the anticipation so would be quite a shame for me if I had all the watches I could want.

I know what you mean, the enjoyment and anticipation of searching is almost as thrilling as the eventual purchase. I considered pretty much every watch and each time, in my mind at least, I experienced a little of each one.

Originally Posted by Baselman

Hi Dan is that dial only available with diamonds and the gold numerals at 15/30/45 or is it available with full numbers with lume? Or full diamonds instead of the 15/30/45 gold markers ?

Sorry, it's not available in any other form. There is not enough space for diamonds at the 3/6/9 markers hence they used the Arabics. You need to see one in person, they really are perfect as they are. The first one I saw was TT and it still looked awesome!

It might look busy or hard to read but as I said about my SS Black, you get used to the Daytona very quickly and pretty soon, you can tell time just as fast and easily as any other watch. It's like you can look past the bling/confusion when you want to and just see the time.

[Baselman]

It's superb as it is I saw one at Zurich airport after seeing your pics had to hunt one dow. and in the flesh on the wrist it was amazing !!

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by Baselman

It's superb as it is I saw one at Zurich airport after seeing your pics had to hunt one dow. and in the flesh on the wrist it was amazing !!

Those little gold dials are alive right? It's like they're on fire!
Pictures can't seem to capture it.

[Solo118]

Sub and Daytona, the perfect combo.

You made the right decision.

[submariner123]

Sub and Daytona, ultimate combo

[Naddazipp]

i couldnt have said it better

[Naddazipp]

yeah, i should call you father now,
thats the watch i plan to upgrade to eventually

[Naddazipp]

Originally Posted by Solo118

I have done a similar deal and got a 116518

My opinion? Keep the sub and sell the Daytona. Add some cash and get the YG Daytona on strap or bracelet pre owned.

Now you have one daily wearer and one special occasion/ weekend watch.

yeah, good advice

[Racerdj]

Once the fire starts it's often hard to put out. The ultimate Daytona!