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31 August 2022, 10:13 AM | #1 |
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Thoughts on this Zenith Daytona
Hi, I’m considering this Zenith Daytona 16520, U serial. Seller says it was recently polished. It looks overpolished to me but I was hoping to get the opinions of others on this. If it does look overpolished, is it something that can be “fixed?” Thank you in advance.
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31 August 2022, 10:20 AM | #2 |
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I’m not a fan of this particular polish job so I would only buy it if it was well worth the price of admission.
I feel the Daytona is the worst Rolex to have a bad polish on.
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31 August 2022, 10:22 AM | #3 |
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I usually don't care about polishing, but this one is to the point where I'd pass unless the price was too good to be true.
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31 August 2022, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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Case can be fixed with laser welding….bezel cannot….but yes overpolished for sure
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31 August 2022, 10:49 AM | #5 |
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Appreciate everyone’s input. Glad I’m getting better at spotting things like this. Seller has it listed for $21.5k. Comes as watch only. It’s the lowest price I’ve seen for a Zenith white dial recently but still not sure if it’s worth it given the condition.
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31 August 2022, 10:56 AM | #6 |
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That case is not appealing to me.
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It’s up to you but I would not mess with it… I would at ~15K pick up price though…
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31 August 2022, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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31 August 2022, 11:58 AM | #9 |
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Awful and no it can’t be fixed.
PS it’s the lowest for a reason.
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