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Old 23 July 2024, 08:06 PM   #1
JSM333
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Retro fiitting a good bracelet to a 116518

I have a YG Daytona 116518.

It has a leather strap as standard and I sometimes wear it on a Rubber B.

I was just wondering does anyone know if it would take a gold bracelet and if so which one?
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Old 23 July 2024, 10:01 PM   #2
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Old 23 July 2024, 10:49 PM   #3
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I have a YG Daytona 116518.

It has a leather strap as standard and I sometimes wear it on a Rubber B.

I was just wondering does anyone know if it would take a gold bracelet and if so which one?
It's my understanding that solid gold bracelets can't be fitted to this design of Daytona, because the end links are actually part of the case.

I may be wrong here, so happy to stand corrected, but that is my understanding.
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Old 23 July 2024, 11:31 PM   #4
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I don't know for sure, either, but just two weeks ago I made the jump from a leather-strap 116518 to a full gold 116528, and one of the reasons was that I found a dealer willing to take my 116518 plus the price of a gold bracelet. (Where that "price of a gold bracelet" is the MSRP difference between a new 116508 and an oysterflex 116518.) It's worth considering that upgrade path.
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Old 24 July 2024, 12:21 AM   #5
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I think that is you have an oyster flex you can’t go solid and vice-versa. Even if you get an original Rolex oyster flex bracelet. There are some straps with end links or connectors to case end links that you maybe able to use in leather and rubber. Horus, etc….

Ive seen PM Daytona in a leather strap before.
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Old 24 July 2024, 01:42 AM   #6
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It's my understanding that solid gold bracelets can't be fitted to this design of Daytona, because the end links are actually part of the case.

I may be wrong here, so happy to stand corrected, but that is my understanding.
That’s correct. The actual endlink can be removed but then there will be a strange and big gap on the case and it’s impossible to fit a full gold bracelet.
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