Daytona "Fat Hands" on F series question. I have heard that

[paceme2]

sometime during the "F" series production, Rolex changed to what is currently called "fat hands".

Does anyone out there have pictures of the old hands vs the "fat hands"? Or can anyone describe to me the difference's between the two? I want to be able to determine if an "F" series has the fat hands or not just by looking at it with the naked eye. I'm referring to a 116520. Many thanks.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by paceme2

sometime during the "F" series production, Rolex changed to what is currently called "fat hands".

Does anyone out there have pictures of the old hands vs the "fat hands"? Or can anyone describe to me the difference's between the two? I want to be able to determine if an "F" series has the fat hands or not just by looking at it with the naked eye. I'm referring to a 116520. Many thanks.

Don't have a picture right now...but you're right. Daytona did come out with the fat hands in an F-series BLACK dial model. It's instantly noticeable by the thickness of the hands which are....well, thicker than the normal Daytona!!

[Manatee]

Originally Posted by paceme2

sometime during the "F" series production, Rolex changed to what is currently called "fat hands".

Does anyone out there have pictures of the old hands vs the "fat hands"? Or can anyone describe to me the difference's between the two? I want to be able to determine if an "F" series has the fat hands or not just by looking at it with the naked eye. I'm referring to a 116520. Many thanks.

The difference is quite noticeable. The "fat" hands have a wider black strip down the middle of the hand, with wider Luminova at the end of the hand. I find them much easier to read than the old hands, which I have on mine.

I'm not sure what JJ means by the "Black" dial model. The fat hands are the standard hands on all current Daytona models. They were a running change late in F-series production, and all D-series (the current series) watches have them.

I don't know if there are any pictures here, but another watch forum, newturfers.com, has a whole section devoted to Rolex photos. You'll find plenty of example of both versions there.

Originally Posted by Manatee

I don't know if there are any pictures here, but another watch forum, newturfers.com.

Peter, given the bad blood between those morons over there and what they did to a large number of us here, I think it's in extremely bad taste that you post the URL to that place on our forum.

I realize you're still a member there and that's fine. But they don't need any advertising and they don't need any added traffic from this place or it's members. I just think it's in terribly bad taste that you would consider posting any mention of that place here. Particularly because I do recall you asking others here months ago to let that place go and move on. You also know that any posting of that place can elicit an eruption of negative posts.

We DO have a search function that works nicely on this forum and you CAN find a few pix of fat-hands Daytonas, as I've seen them when they first got posted.

[RogerF]

These pics dont belong to me but I am pretty sure you will be able to see the diff. Its much easier to tell in person than in pics usually unless we can find Steve's pic from TZ where he put a small hands and a fat hands side by side.


Old style hands




Late F serial and onwards "fat hands" Notice how big the black "gap" between the White gold parts of the hands are.

[JJ Irani]

Hi Peter,

I only said BLACK dial 'cause that's the first image that came to mind. I remember having seen one on another forum (WWF, I think), but I see now that both coloured dials have them.

JJ

[RogerF]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Hi Peter,

I only said BLACK dial 'cause that's the first image that came to mind. I remember having seen one on another forum (WWF, I think), but I see now that both coloured dials have them.

JJ

Well the black dial ones were the reason for the fat hands I beleive. Ppl were complaining that it was hard to tell the time with the old style hands. Up until now I was unaware that a Daytona could be used to tell time I thought they just looked pretty in pictures.....

[Manatee]

Originally Posted by RogerF

Well the black dial ones were the reason for the fat hands I beleive. Ppl were complaining that it was hard to tell the time with the old style hands. Up until now I was unaware that a Daytona could be used to tell time. I thought they just looked pretty in pictures.....

That's why mine gets very little wear. For those who want exclusivity and readability, I recommend the Anniversary Sub. I wear that one frequently.

[RogerF]

Originally Posted by Manatee

That's why mine gets very little wear. For those who want exclusivity and readability, I recommend the Anniversary Sub. I wear that one frequently.

Cant you get the new fat hands installed?

A SS daytona is a terrible thing to waste

[Manatee]

Originally Posted by RogerF

Cant you get the new fat hands installed?

A SS daytona is a terrible thing to waste

I could. I thought about doing it when I was in the UK last year, but then I decided it wasn't worth the bother. I'm not a big Daytona fan anyway, due to the lack of date. As for my non-use of it, fear not -- it has plenty of company in the drawer. It's part of a whole tangle of "rarely worn watches".

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Manatee

I could. I thought about doing it when I was in the UK last year, but then I decided it wasn't worth the bother. I'm not a big Daytona fan anyway, due to the lack of date. As for my non-use of it, fear not -- it has plenty of company in the drawer. It's part of a whole tangle of "rarely worn watches".

Ah ah....so we do have a "drawer full of mistakes" in our midst!!