Cosmograph Daytona Ceramic 116500LN - Short Review (with some new pics in different lighting and situations)
Well, I have now had the much-in-demand Daytona for little over a week and thought that I would give my humble brief review of the timepiece:
- My wait list time was about 9 months so I am still in the honeymoon phase
- This is my first Daytona (although I have other chronographs - Omega Speedmaster Professional and CK2998LE)
Pros:
- This is my most "dress-like" watch. The case is super svelte however the bracelet remains the ubiquitous Oyster bracelet with the Easy Link extension
- I love the 70+ hour power reserve and I can set it down for the weekend and still pick it up on Monday AM with it still running
- I love that there is no date. Very clean. Certainly makes it easy to re-set watch if it runs out of power during, whenever I put it in rotation with other watches (note: I don't use watch winders)
- Has not left my wrist!
- Has this great vintage look - its a mix between 6263 (black bezel) and 16520 Zenith (sub dials)
- Black ceramic bezel is stunning
- There is a certain mystique surrounding this watch
- Accuracy is +19 over 9 days. This translates to a tad over +2 sec per day. Its good enough for me!!
- Function of the chronograph is super smooth esp. the pushers
- Love the white and black contrast on the dial and bezel - very sharp
- Quite legible (but compared to my Speedmaster Professional it is not as good)
- This is my grail that I've wanted forever!
- Great companion piece to my other watches
Cons:
- The watch feels delicate especially when compared to SD4K (but I know it is a Rolex and it is built tough as nails)
- Wish it had Glidelock (I think Rolex should use Glidelock on ALL their bracelets)
- Lume is nice blue but markers are a bit small/narrow (compared to SD4K)
- Wish some kind of lume at 12 marker (not sure what though)
- Wish it was NOT a PCL bracelet
- Unscrewing chrono pushers to use the chrono is a bit of a pain. Rolex needs to fix this; Isn't there an easier way to achieve waterproofness
- Asymmetrical lugs a tiny bit weird but you soon forget about it