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Old 20 December 2008, 12:46 AM   #1
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Daytona question

Does anyone know what year Rolex changed the daytona so that the 9 and 6 o'clock sub dials were offset 17 degrees??

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Old 20 December 2008, 01:25 AM   #2
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Not sure of year, but when they changed from Zenith's El Primero to their own 'in house' movement....think around 2000/2002??
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That must mean then that one way to tell a Zenith Daytona from a Rolex Daytona is the position of the subdials.
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That must mean then that one way to tell a Zenith Daytona from a Rolex Daytona is the position of the subdials.
Correct. The Zenith (caliber 4030) has the hour subdial at 6 o'clock.

The Rolex caliber 4130 has the hour subdial at 9 o'clock.

Essentially, the hour and second subdials are switched.
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That must mean then that one way to tell a Zenith Daytona from a Rolex Daytona is the position of the subdials.
Yes. Check first article:

http://www.watchtime.com/search/inde...=rolex+daytona
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I'm not sure what you are saying Carlo.

In 2000, with the introduction of the in-house 4130 movement, the two sub-dials at 3 o'clock (30 minutes), and the one at 9 o'clock (12 hours) were raised 7 degrees above the center line of the main handstack; the shape of the indices also changed a bit.

Also, the seconds sub-dial was moved from the previous 9'oclock position to the 6 o'clock position.... a traditional "Hunter" style movement configuration.

Yes, this is the way to tell the Zenith from the 4130....

Zenith on left 4130 on right
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