Why all this hysterics about the Daytona?

[EasyDiver]

Hi guys,

I was also thinking about buying the Daytona. My reasons why I decided
against were the following:
1) I am not willing to wait a couple of years and support the intended
marketing strategy of Rolex.
2) The watch lacks the two most important features I expect from a
chronograph: date and 2nd timezone. Actually, I do not need the
timer feature at all. On the other hand, I need the date and timezone
frequently in business and as a frequent traveller.
3) For the same price I get better chronographs fullfilling my
requirements. 6k-8k EUR are definitely to much for this watch.

I won't buy it just because it is a Rolex

[Zizou]

Original von Donluigi
Daytona: the watch no one can get and everybody has.

Funny, isn't it?

I don't like Chronos plus I won't ever pay more then the MSRP for any product plus I dont like polishes bezels that equals: No Daytona for me.

[steve73]

Original von EasyDiver

2) The watch lacks the two most important features I expect from a
chronograph: date and 2nd timezone. Actually, I do not need the
timer feature at all. On the other hand, I need the date and timezone
frequently in business and as a frequent traveller.


I won't buy it just because it is a Rolex

until i saw the daytona steel the first time i thought i need a watch with date but now.......it is "just" a beautiful, perfect watch and my target is to buy one as soon as possible

for the problem with the 2nd timezone....put one at the right and one rolex at the left arm

or the cheap version: use the gmt

[ehemaliges mitglied]

Everyone can buy a Daytona, look f.e. at www.ebay.de, search for Daytona an buy it.

But talking is cheaper than buying.

[Zizou]

"Talk is cheap." THE best english figure of speech...

Ahh, BTW I've got the Daytona-Status right now.

[ehemaliges mitglied]

Rumlabern kann jeder, kaufen halt nur ein paar, was hauptsächlich am Preis liegt. Wer kaufen kann, bekommt auch eine.

Besser so?

[Zizou]

Ähh, Du hast mich missverstanden: Ich finde Redewendung gut und freue mich wenn sie jemand verwendet.

[ehemaliges mitglied]

Sorry, falsch verstanden

EDIT: Mein Gebraucht-"Konzi" hat mir am Donnerstag 4 Daytonas gezeigt. Alle Stahl, 3 mal weiß, 1 mal schwarz. Eine weiße Zenith, die anderen Rolex-Werke. Die Zenith D. hatte ich ne Woche zur Ansicht. Kaufen werde ich mir eine S/G Daytona.

[Donluigi]

I won't buy it just because it is a Rolex

Well, fine, then don't. Wtf is the reason for this thread anyway?

[watoo]

money talks,bullshit walks.

Greetings mike

[EasyDiver]

Original von Donluigi

I won't buy it just because it is a Rolex

Well, fine, then don't. Wtf is the reason for this thread anyway?

The ****ing reason for that ****ing thread is to talk about
a ****ing watch

Editiere gerade den Beitrag:
Wie ich darf in Deutschland das f-Wort f_u_c_k_i_n_g nicht benutzen
und es wird mit Sternchen wegzensiert ???

[ClausL]

Hi Folks,

Nice to hear your opinions - it seems that it's very hard to come to an understanding of why spending tremendous amounts on this watch.

Besides making money I can't find reasons to buy this watch . I don't want to spend a penny more than list price for such a watch. Why? I don't like it - and I definately don't like the strategy of Rolex. To me Rolex "works" in two areas:

Sport and Adventure: Sub, GMT, Sea-dweller, Explorer.
Business: Day-date, Datejust, Date ...

Daytona = ??

No, I agree on some of the points of view. It's completely overvalued and as time went on everyone has it. it's not even special anymore

Regards,
Claus

[rainhard]

Sorry, but I don´t see hysterics!!

There is a Rolex Chronograph and more people want to own it as Rolex can or will produce. So they pay more than the listed price because they don´t want to wait several years. That´s all!

The watch itself is a very good chronograph, stable in it´s worth, has a high image and many people want to own it, so there are also many reasons to own it too.

So we shouldn´t name an mormal watchmarket process hysteric. IMHO.
Regards,
Rainhard