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7 September 2009, 03:16 PM | #1 |
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Daytona bezel misaligned
After admiring my Daytona, my buddy bought a Daytona from someone he knew but found the bezel misaligned. He took it a local Rolex dealer and they told him the watch was authentic (only visiual inspection didn't open the back cover) but was at a lost.
Have you guys seen this before? How did this slip through Rolex's vigorous QA process? |
7 September 2009, 03:21 PM | #2 |
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Holy Moley! How the heck did that happen! I think the back needs to be opened up... Sorry.
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7 September 2009, 03:22 PM | #3 |
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I can't tell what's wrong with it...
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7 September 2009, 03:27 PM | #4 |
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7 September 2009, 03:29 PM | #5 |
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He was able to get it replaced. But I was very shocked to see that, as were the folks at the Rolex dealer. I was with him when he visited the Rolex dealer.
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7 September 2009, 03:45 PM | #6 |
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It could be some testing for the rotatory bezel of the Submariner Daytona 2010... Best of both worlds limited edition.
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7 September 2009, 04:13 PM | #7 |
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I would have kept it as is...it would have been unique.
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7 September 2009, 04:56 PM | #8 |
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did they ever crack the back of this one? i have heard of replicas having misaligned parts.... I would be concerned if i was him...
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7 September 2009, 05:05 PM | #9 |
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seems pretty extreme
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7 September 2009, 08:21 PM | #10 |
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Lol - I was looking at that for ~30 seconds for a tiny misalignment - then I suddenely realised what was up - too shocking by far.
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7 September 2009, 08:24 PM | #11 |
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Wow, I never seen that before.
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8 September 2009, 12:07 AM | #12 |
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The 60 is suppose to be exactly located right at the top of the cornet, well at least it was able to be replaced, kinda weird but it happens.
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Ummmmmm....i would have it aligned..shouldnt be like that...
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8 September 2009, 02:10 AM | #14 |
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How on earth did a £20000 watch like that pass QC with such a glaring mistake? Not good, I'd be spitting feathers
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8 September 2009, 08:11 AM | #15 |
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is it genuine??? somebody in the rolex factory has to be fired
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8 September 2009, 08:14 AM | #16 |
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Man, if everyone were fired over a mistake who would be left to do the work?
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8 September 2009, 09:56 AM | #17 |
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If he bought it from "somebody he knew"... then how do you draw the conclusion that it "got by Rolex QA"........
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8 September 2009, 11:59 AM | #18 |
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from what i've seen as of late rolex QC has gone down the crapper.
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8 September 2009, 12:09 PM | #19 |
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The "someone" was, according to my buddy, a legit watch dealer in San Francisco that he knew personally. Anyway the dealer apologized for the mistake and replaced the watch which he later had the new watch certified by an authorized Rolex service shop.
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