Broken Daytona! The horror! The horror!

[BLACKHORSE 6]

Earlier today I was helping my in-laws load their Christmas tree into the back of my truck when my watch snagged on something. I've been wearing the watch for a while on a cheap and flimsy Maratac strap which broke at the clasp.

My stomach dropped when my Daytona hit the curb and then landed in a puddle of standing water left over from a recent rain. The crystal was shattered and while I snatched it up off the street pretty quickly I'm sure water got inside the case.

I immediately hacked the movement and took the watch to my local AD. It's on the way to the RSC in Dallas and the sales lady at the AD (a family friend) is going to call me as soon as she gets the estimate from RSC. She said it was going to be around $400. The one good thing is that it looked to me like the watch hit on the crystal and the bezel/case wasn't scratched or dinged any more than it already was.

Lessons learned: if you're going to break you Rolex, do it right!