Daytona falsities and myths

[hitman23]

Originally Posted by AK797

Title has got me thinking of Fawlty Titties...

please elaborate

[lenfried29]

Originally Posted by AK797

Title has got me thinking of Fawlty Titties...

me2

[vman]

TT Daytona is severely underappreciated for some reason. But I love certain TT models way better than the SS ones, so I guess good for me ;-)

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by hitman23

please elaborate

It’s a UK SitCom from years ago...Fawlty Towers...every episode they made a tongue in cheek title based on ‘Fawlty Towers’....one week it was Flowery Twats.

[Tampashooter]

The world needs more John Cleese.

[DJRikki]

Ive got skinny wrists but the Daytona wore small for me over my BLNR plus lacking the date was a deal clincher for me

[Rrpdc]

Originally Posted by mjr24

Daytonas wear small. This is known fact.
The GMT and Daytona are 40mm and the Daytona wears nothing close to the GMT. This isn’t to mention they are trying to fit a chronograph into 40mm. That watch needs to be like 42mm at least.

Completely agree with you. Sorry you get all these “ridiculous “ comments from people that get offended. Daytona is a beautiful watch but it wears much smaller than my ym or my gmt. I only have 6.75 wrist but it wears much to small for me and I sold my Daytona because it was not getting any Wear time . Some prefer small watches I guess with 8 inch wrist and go with 36mm and 38.5 watch’s but that is their choice but it does not work for me. Completely respect others decision but let mjr have an opinion too.

What’s ridiculous is all the comments about how ridiculous his statement was!

[Rrpdc]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

Ridiculous statement ..... absolutely ridiculous.



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What’s ridiculous is generalized statements like this. Let mjr have an opinion but you don’t have to try insult others but rather just disagree. I’ve noticed this is not first time you have used the same ridiculous statement to ridicule others opinions.

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Rrpdc

What’s ridiculous is generalized statements like this. Let mjr have an opinion but you don’t have to try insult others but rather just disagree. I’ve noticed this is not first time you have used the same ridiculous statement to ridicule others opinions.

To me, in my opinion his statement was ridiculous, and so I stated exactly that, ok with you sir ??

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Rrpdc

Completely agree with you. Sorry you get all these “ridiculous “ comments from people that get offended. Daytona is a beautiful watch but it wears much smaller than my ym or my gmt. I only have 6.75 wrist but it wears much to small for me and I sold my Daytona because it was not getting any Wear time . Some prefer small watches I guess with 8 inch wrist and go with 36mm and 38.5 watch’s but that is their choice but it does not work for me. Completely respect others decision but let mjr have an opinion too.

What’s ridiculous is all the comments about how ridiculous his statement was!

Oh the irony. You both state ‘it wears smaller than my YM or GMT’ or ‘it wears smaller than 40mm’ .... well guess what?? It IS smaller than 40mm and your YM and your GMT.

The Steel Daytona is 38.66mm so OF COURSE, it looks smaller

[Tampashooter]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

Oh the irony. You both state ‘it wears smaller than my YM or GMT’ or ‘it wears smaller than 40mm’ .... well guess what?? It IS smaller than 40mm and your YM and your GMT.

The Steel Daytona is 38.66mm so OF COURSE, it looks smaller

This! This is going to be difficult to explain. But. It wears smaller, because it IS smaller.

It’s almost like math doesn’t exist.

[Tampashooter]

Here’s another true statement.

My 44mm AP’s wear bigger, than my 38.6 Daytona.

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Tampashooter

This! This is going to be difficult to explain. But. It wears smaller, because it IS smaller.

It’s almost like math doesn’t exist.

Thank you. It’s like saying my 1972 Datejust wears smaller than my 40mm Datejust. Erm....it is smaller

[AK797]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

It’s a UK SitCom from years ago...Fawlty Towers...every episode they made a tongue in cheek title based on ‘Fawlty Towers’....one week it was Flowery Twats.

Originally Posted by Tampashooter

The world needs more John Cleese.

Indeed, this was from when he was admiring Polly, his real wife, and then answered the phone without thinking.

[Chadridv]

Originally Posted by AK797

Title has got me thinking of Fawlty Titties...

Still crackin' me up my friend.

OP it looks great on you! I understand why some feel it's too small, but ultimately it has nothing to do with being too big or small, it's just a size preference.

For example I have a 7" wrist and it's about as small a watch as I'd wear. There's no wrong or right, just preference.

I will say though that while Rolex calls for a 40MM Diameter, it undoubtably wears smaller than that (and I believe literally measures smaller).

That said, I'd strongly counter anyone that tries to say the proportion in design is too small or too big. Obviously it's another preference, but In my eyes, it's perfect.

[crazycarlitos]

It’s not that complicated.

The reason “it wears small” is because Rolex advertises the Daytona as 40mm.

If Rolex sells the watch as 38.5mm on its website, we prob will no longer say “it wears small”

[173rdabn]

I, poor fool, didn't buy one in the early 2000's. Available used for around 6K while stainless was over 8K. Go figure.

[037]

Originally Posted by crazycarlitos

It’s not that complicated.

The reason “it wears small” is because Rolex advertises the Daytona as 40mm.

If Rolex sells the watch as 38.5mm on its website, we prob will no longer say “it wears small”

True. I wonder how many notice it's not 40mm. I had to take calipers to mine to see it's actually 38.52mm.

But, my "40mm" 14060M is 39.5mm. All I care is how the watch looks on my wrist, not the number associated with it. Odd concept, I know.

I don't believe the DJ41 is 41.0mm, either. I don't have one to measure but recall it being in the high 39s or low 40s. No one seems to care or notice though.

[Chilly Coconut]

This conversation is about as fun as a root canal.

[travisb]

Congrats buddy! Looks great on you. I'm a fan of all things Daytona.

[Phrank]

Originally Posted by brandrea

I respectfully disagree with you. “Wears small” or the opposite of that, is common nomenclature in the watch world and we talk about it here all the time. Lots of things make a watch wear small or large relative to its published size like lug width/shape, fixed end links, case height etc etc.

As to whether the Daytona is right for you ... well that’s totally an individual choice and clearly your happy with it.

Where I do agree with you, is that you can’t rule out a watch purely on its advertised size. You have to try it on to see if it works.

That explains why I see this all the time here, makes sense, thanks for the explanation.

This thought had crept into my head when I received my 36 mm DD couple of months ago, first thought that went through my head when I put it on was, "Wow, this looks a lot bigger than it really is!"

Guess that meant it wears, "larger"......

Oh...the irony, it is not lost on me.

[Rrpdc]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

Oh the irony. You both state ‘it wears smaller than my YM or GMT’ or ‘it wears smaller than 40mm’ .... well guess what?? It IS smaller than 40mm and your YM and your GMT.

The Steel Daytona is 38.66mm so OF COURSE, it looks smaller

I am well aware if size of Daytona , lol. IMO they need to make it least 40mm.


Odd thing is why does Rolex advertise it as 40mm? We all know it is 38.5mm.

[Rrpdc]

Originally Posted by crazycarlitos

It’s not that complicated.

The reason “it wears small” is because Rolex advertises the Daytona as 40mm.

If Rolex sells the watch as 38.5mm on its website, we prob will no longer say “it wears small”

Well said !

[watchwatcher]

Me and my tiny wrists love my tiny Daytona watches.

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Rrpdc

I am well aware if size of Daytona , lol. IMO they need to make it least 40mm.


Odd thing is why does Rolex advertise it as 40mm? We all know it is 38.5mm.

I have white gold daytona which is 39.66 & perfect

[asiparks]

I think most of us are familiar with the concept of wears small/wears big- the measurement of the watch is usually across the round part of the case- say from "8" to "2". it doesn't take into account lug length, crown guards or flexibility in the end links or other bits of the case that add visible or actual mass to the watch on the wrist.
My AP Diver, at 42 mm, with the it's blocky case and inflexible end links was physically more massive on my wrist than my 45mm Fifty Fathoms. Fair to say it wore big.
Then there's the visual aspect; My 40mm Sub "wore smaller" than 40mm Portuguese chrono on the wrist, as the slim bezel and relatively large dial made it appear bigger on the wrist.

[Chilly Coconut]

Originally Posted by asiparks

I think most of us are familiar with the concept of wears small/wears big- the measurement of the watch is usually across the round part of the case- say from "8" to "2". it doesn't take into account lug length, crown guards or flexibility in the end links or other bits of the case that add visible or actual mass to the watch on the wrist.
My AP Diver, at 42 mm, with the it's blocky case and inflexible end links was physically more massive on my wrist than my 45mm Fifty Fathoms. Fair to say it wore big.
Then there's the visual aspect; My 40mm Sub "wore smaller" than 40mm Portuguese chrono on the wrist, as the slim bezel and relatively large dial made it appear bigger on the wrist.

You’re exactly right. And like you said, most of us here understand the concept of a watch wearing smaller or larger than its actual measured size, or than other watches of the same measured size. It’s not rocket science. For some reason, a few in this thread are either being deliberately obtuse and pretending not to get it, or they suffer from some sort of cerebral limitation that keeps the concept out of their grasp. I’m guessing it’s the former, but you never know.

Edit: Was giving the benefit of the doubt...now I’m not so sure. Could be the latter, after all.

[Tampashooter]

lol. A watch wears exactly as its sized. It's just simple math. It's not magic. If its too small for you, that's completely fine.

A watch doesn't wear "too small". It wears exactly as it was designed. The watch isn't out to get you. One can simply not like it's size.

Myself, I like all sizes.

[Tampashooter]

Originally Posted by travisb

Congrats buddy! Looks great on you. I'm a fan of all things Daytona.

Thanks amigo..Nothing new here tho!