Rolex Daytona … 41mm ???

[huncho]

Originally Posted by train-time

It's inevitable, it's only a matter of time. The current model is way too small in the modern World.

lol it's the most sought after rolex, they don't need to change anything about it or adjust for any trends. that's why rolex is rolex

[ks58]

I’d love to see a Daytona 41mm

[Alfa2109]

Originally Posted by OrangeSport

Yes, this..

Works for me — more for the rest of us!!

[Seaswirl]

Originally Posted by Chester01

I’m sure it will happen as folks spend more and more money for these they want the recognition of having the Daytona after all and increasing the size increases wrist presence without actually increasing functionality. The thing is already so shiny that it can be spotted across a room. How about actually including enough hash marks so the subdials can be read accurately. That would be nice.

Again with the hash marks thing… sad.

[garyk]

Originally Posted by bob sims

Pass on any Daytona.
Period. Full stop.

Good! More for me!!!

[garyk]

Originally Posted by huncho

lol it's the most sought after rolex, they don't need to change anything about it or adjust for any trends. that's why rolex is rolex

This X 100%

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Again with the hash marks thing… sad.

Again. Because I actually use these not to time steaks my friend but I’m healthcare where accuracy counts. I dunked all over another person who challenged me in this on another thread. It didn’t go well, because a simple look at the dial tells all that need to be known.


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[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Again with the hash marks thing… sad.

21 hash marks for 30 seconds. I’m really sorry. Math wins….again. The counter on the right side is supposedly a 30 second counter. Look on the 6263 Daytona and you find 30 hashmarks for 30 seconds. That’s a tool, current iterations pretty jewelry.


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[GoingPlaces]

Originally Posted by train-time

It's inevitable, it's only a matter of time. The current model is way too small in the modern World.

it's only one of the most sought after and hardest to get watches in the world. Every Daytona model fetches over list.

[Seaswirl]

Originally Posted by Chester01

21 hash marks for 30 seconds. I’m really sorry. Math wins….again. The counter on the right side is supposedly a 30 second counter. Look on the 6263 Daytona and you find 30 hashmarks for 30 seconds. That’s a tool, current iterations pretty jewelry.


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Sorry, but if you can’t read off the minutes due to the number of hashmarks, that’s on you. The register with “30” on it is for minutes and not seconds. The seconds are measured by the seconds hand on the main dial when activated.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Sorry, but if you can’t read off the minutes due to the number of hashmarks, that’s on you. The register with “30” on it is for minutes and not seconds. The seconds are measured by the seconds hand on the main dial when activated.

Yeh sure for steaks and jewelry purposes it’s fine. Lol it’s on me. Sorry, if you look down quickly and that hand is on the 0 (near the 10) it’s not clear if it’s 10,11,12. Further there is a large gap between that 0 and the start of the hashmarks which may be 11, 12 but who knows unless you are looking down the entire time. It’s a pretty watch but for 13k, I don’t think precision is too much to ask.


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[Seaswirl]

Originally Posted by Chester01

Yeh sure for steaks and jewelry purposes it’s fine. Lol it’s on me. Sorry, if you look down quickly and that hand is on the 0 (near the 10) it’s not clear if it’s 10,11,12. Further there is a large gap between that 0 and the start of the hashmarks which may be 11, 12 but who knows unless you are looking down the entire time. It’s a pretty watch but for 13k, I don’t think precision is too much to ask.


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Lol. I see you didn’t acknowledge that the 30 subdial is for minutes and not seconds. If it’s on the 10, it’s 10 minutes. Between the 8 and 10 is 9 minutes and between the 10 and 12, it’s 11 minutes. While I can understand that some have legibility issues with the Daytona, I can’t imagine how it would be difficult to read off the minutes due to the hashmarks.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Lol. I see you didn’t acknowledge that the 30 subdial is for minutes and not seconds. If it’s on the 10, it’s 10 minutes. Between the 8 and 10 is 9 minutes and between the 10 and 12, it’s 11 minutes. While I can understand that some have legibility issues with the Daytona, I can’t imagine how it would be difficult to read off the minutes due to the hashmarks.

There is no one that will agree that having 21 hashmarks represent 30 minutes will increase legibility. Let me ask you, have you used your Daytona for anything else other than steaks? Anything involving decision making? Didn’t think so. I have, and its no good. What time is 1/16 of an inch past the 0 near the 10? What about 1/32? You can’t tell because maybe its 10, maybe its 11. I don’t have the luxury of watching the minute hand go round and round. That’s not legibility. No chrono does this and Rolex did not do it in the past. I get it that, one spends lots of money and does not want to concede that what the instabook told them that the Daytona is the coolest watch to own by far and everyone will be so impressed you have one actually is just simply for looks or to be used for silly things around the house rather than real timing purposes as watches used to be made for. Sorry, you been had and it’s pretty for instabook.

Real watches that have been used as tool, the Speedmaster pro and navitimer all have 30 hashmarks for 30 minutes. The only other watches that don’t have enough hashmarks are fashion watches and that’s what the Daytona has become.


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[ras47]

I'm a Speedmaster guy myself. The Daytona is too small for me and my 7 3/4" wrists. Plus the dial just isn't legible enough to be useful.

I would be interested in a Tudor Big Block though.

[Seaswirl]

Originally Posted by Chester01

There is no one that will agree that having 21 hashmarks represent 30 minutes will increase legibility. Let me ask you, have you used your Daytona for anything else other than steaks? Anything involving decision making? Didn’t think so. I have, and its no good. What time is 1/16 of an inch past the 0 near the 10? What about 1/32? You can’t tell because maybe its 10, maybe its 11. I don’t have the luxury of watching the minute hand go round and round. That’s not legibility. No chrono does this and Rolex did not do it in the past. I get it that, one spends lots of money and does not want to concede that what the instabook told them that the Daytona is the coolest watch to own by far and everyone will be so impressed you have one actually is just simply for looks or to be used for silly things around the house rather than real timing purposes as watches used to be made for. Sorry, you been had and it’s pretty for instabook.

Real watches that have been used as tool, the Speedmaster pro and navitimer all have 30 hashmarks for 30 minutes. The only other watches that don’t have enough hashmarks are fashion watches and that’s what the Daytona has become.


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Use my chronographs all the time for travel, parking, presentations, meetings and, yes, steaks. Never had a problem reading off the minutes on the Daytona. Nor my Speedy Pro or Portugese Chronograph Classic. Not defensive of the Daytona at all. Plenty of reasons not to like it, and I own plenty of other watches so you can give the “instabook” nonsense a rest (not on FB or Insta). Just makes you sound judgmental and really old.

Btw, If you’re truly using your Speedy to make medical decisions, as you repeat over and over, where fractions of a second matter for someone’s health, than I wouldn’t let your malpractice carrier know.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Use my chronographs all the time for travel, parking, presentations, meetings and, yes, steaks. Never had a problem reading off the minutes on the Daytona. Nor my Speedy Pro or Portugese Chronograph Classic. Not defensive of the Daytona at all. Plenty of reasons not to like it, and I own plenty of other watches so you can give the “instabook” nonsense a rest (not on FB or Insta). Just makes you sound judgmental and really old.

Btw, If you’re truly using your Speedy to make medical decisions, as you repeat over and over, where fractions of a second matter for someone’s health, than I wouldn’t let your malpractice carrier know.

Lol. Listen captain modest, I only have let’s see, 3 graduate degrees and clearly lack your advanced level of sophistication to read the Daytona perfectly each time.

You have no idea the kind of tests I conduct and the level of tolerances that they require. Suffice to say, the speedy gets the job done for the tests I run.

You can say what ever words you like math is math. 21 hash marks for 30 minutes means telling the time is speculation at best. And unless your God and your not, a mistake can be made with missing hashmarks. Period. Mistakes that are less likely to be made when enough hashmarks are added.

Your Tolerances are enough for parking meters my friend and that’s great. They won’t get the job done in other industries. Shame as the Daytona was once advertised as a watch to be used by scientists and engineers-clearly not the case anymore.

You talk a good game about the Daytona but are not comfortable with it being used for high stakes medical decisions eh? Little to real now. That’s the difference between a tool and jewelry, and thanks for proving my point.


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[Chester01]

Originally Posted by ras47

I'm a Speedmaster guy myself. The Daytona is too small for me and my 7 3/4" wrists. Plus the dial just isn't legible enough to be useful.

I would be interested in a Tudor Big Block though.

Man, that's legibility. I wish Tudor would re-issue the big block. I would be all over that in a second. I always missed the date with my Daytonas.

[Wahlberg]

Originally Posted by train-time

It's inevitable, it's only a matter of time. The current model is way too small in the modern World.

I'm hoping for a 44mm daytona, 41mm is too small.

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

presentations, meetings.

So do you cut the guy off during his presentation after you gave him 15 minutes and do you leave the meeting after 30 mins? All thanks to the chrono?

[ndrs63]

Originally Posted by Harry-57

It would be nice if they just got it up to 40mm. That would be a start. From past experience, a 40mm Daytona would likely be marketed as a 41mm. It's odd like that.

I hope they never make it 42mm with a date function. The temptation would be too much.

That would make it almost indistinguishable from the new Zenith El primero chrono


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[Seaswirl]

Originally Posted by Chester01

Lol. Listen captain modest, I only have let’s see, 3 graduate degrees and clearly lack your advanced level of sophistication to read the Daytona perfectly each time.

You have no idea the kind of tests I conduct and the level of tolerances that they require. Suffice to say, the speedy gets the job done for the tests I run.

You can say what ever words you like math is math. 21 hash marks for 30 minutes means telling the time is speculation at best. And unless your God and your not, a mistake can be made with missing hashmarks. Period. Mistakes that are less likely to be made when enough hashmarks are added.

Your Tolerances are enough for parking meters my friend and that’s great. They won’t get the job done in other industries. Shame as the Daytona was once advertised as a watch to be used by scientists and engineers-clearly not the case anymore.

You talk a good game about the Daytona but are not comfortable with it being used for high stakes medical decisions eh? Little to real now. That’s the difference between a tool and jewelry, and thanks for proving my point.


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Really sad how vested you are in the Daytona while accusing others of the same. Seems a bit chip on the shoulder-ish to me, particularly since you post the same thing in most Daytona related threads, which of course is your prerogative. Whenever I see someone feeling compelled to detail their credentials to validate their opinion, it usually tells me a lot about them in real life. If making life and death decisions, which I truly hope you don’t, I’d use a g-shock or, even better, rely upon the relevant medical equipment. Particularly so when there is the potential for the operator to think the minutes register is the seconds subdial.

I use my watches as I see fit, and they have suited me well. I own a Sub, but don’t dive; a GMT, but am not a pilot; and your beloved Speedmaster but am not an astronaut. Like I said, plenty of reasons not to like a Daytona, but I just find your rationale to be a pretext to bash. In any event, given your determination and history of bashing the Daytona and it’s owners, ie the “instabook” nonsense, I’ll let you have the last word. You’ve earned it.

As to the OP, I’m fine with the current size, but would love it if they brushed out the lugs and center link.

[ras47]

Originally Posted by Wahlberg

I'm hoping for a 44mm daytona, 41mm is too small...

Speedmaster Coaxial. 44.5mm. Plus its automatic wind vs the manual wind of most other Speedies.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Seaswirl

Really sad how vested you are in the Daytona while accusing others of the same. Seems a bit chip on the shoulder-ish to me, particularly since you post the same thing in most Daytona related threads, which of course is your prerogative. Whenever I see someone feeling compelled to detail their credentials to validate their opinion, it usually tells me a lot about them in real life. If making life and death decisions, which I truly hope you don’t, I’d use a g-shock or, even better, rely upon the relevant medical equipment. Particularly so when there is the potential for the operator to think the minutes register is the seconds subdial.

I use my watches as I see fit, and they have suited me well. I own a Sub, but don’t dive; a GMT, but am not a pilot; and your beloved Speedmaster but am not an astronaut. Like I said, plenty of reasons not to like a Daytona, but I just find your rationale to be a pretext to bash. In any event, given your determination and history of bashing the Daytona and it’s owners, ie the “instabook” nonsense, I’ll let you have the last word. You’ve earned it.

As to the OP, I’m fine with the current size, but would love it if they brushed out the lugs and center link.

So do you go on an Airplane or boat and tell the captain he is wrong if he says this or that navigation device is not the best for the job? No. If a soldier tells you a particular weapon does not get the job done or there is another better do you argue? No. You don’t unless you have that insider knowledge.

The problem with the internet is that everything thinks they are an expert and their not. I’m in healthcare and tell you the Daytona can cut the mustard period. I’m not telling you that your wrong, I’m sure you can time steaks and to each his own.

There are many other posts above in every other Daytona post that the legibility is a problem. 21 hash marks for 30 minutes means reading is estimation. It’s not as precise as a watch with 30 minutes and 30 hashmarks period.


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[jojosnr]

I think it should be 45mm, so that demand would be lesser. Better customer segmentation.

Originally Posted by Big Tex Rolex

Sorry to repost a topic that I’m sure has appeared often …

but what are your thoughts on the possible introduction of a 41mm Daytona ?

It seems the natural evolution of the line, following the lead of the DateJust and Submariner.

I know this is blasphemy, but in the past I was not interested in adding a Daytona to my collection … a little too “busy” … but now, having put one on my wrist, I have to have one (I know the line is long).

My AD has both (“Exhibition Only”) the White Dial (Panda?), and the Black Dial (nickname?), both are beautiful, and I would be thrilled to own either … but given a choice, likely the White Dial, as from afar, the Black Dial is too close to my Black Submariner.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by jojosnr

I think it should be 45mm, so that demand would be lesser. Better customer segmentation.

Lol. I think there is so much hype with this watch because of the instabooks that if they made it 38mm the demand would be the same and if 45 the demand would be the same. It’s a watch that quite literally famous for being famous as it broke no new ground as a chrono. Rolex gets a free pass on things that other brands get hammered for and all would be forgiven on a watch that’s 45mm but somehow wears like a 41mm lol.


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[Dr.Smellody]

No way