Daytona:Size of PM versus SS

[GolfPunk]

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[Singslinger]

Very interesting thread - I had no idea!

Thanks to the OP - and also Tom, whose enthusiasm for Daytonas is starting to rub off on me!

[GolfPunk]

Any Daytona owners noticing this size difference every time you look at different models? I always do!

[AK797]

Weighed my ceramic Daytona today, was 145 grams.

[TheGanzman]

Reminds me of "Cool Hand Luke" - "No man can eat 50 eggs!" RIGHT after Paul Newman DID it...

[ratty]

The other day and tonight I was looking at a white dial SS Daytona with a black dialled version next to it. I know that they are the same size but the black dial looked smaller and this made the bezel look bigger to me!

I know this is a trick of the eye, but has anyone else noticed how different dials appear to change the proportions of a watch?

[Eric Chan]

This is a great and informative thread. Thanks to the OP and others like Tom to keep on this topic so the rest of us are informed.

[dardeca]

Originally Posted by slm9555

It is true that the PM models have slightly thicker lugs and the crown guards are also larger. Any side by side pictures will show this difference. However, both models are 40mm.

^^this

[Eric Chan]

Originally Posted by fmc000

I suppose that whatever we say there will always be people who won't believe it. However:

• SS, TT, YG on bracelet: 38.6 mm
• WG, RG, Pt: 39.6 mm
• all leather models: 39.6 mm

Full stop.

Any doubt on this matter should be lifted with this simple, but important summary.

[tkerrmd]

Originally Posted by Singslinger

Very interesting thread - I had no idea!

Thanks to the OP - and also Tom, whose enthusiasm for Daytonas is starting to rub off on me!

Originally Posted by Eric Chan

This is a great and informative thread. Thanks to the OP and others like Tom to keep on this topic so the rest of us are informed.

[redsubby]

Platona, WG/RG Daytona have thicker lugs and crown guards, and wider case at the pushers. Definitely bigger than SS and YG.

[Seaotter]

This is a great, fun and informative thread

There are two different Daytona watchcases.

Thank you Vaxe:

1. = YG and TT share the same case and bezel font as the SS.

2. = Pt, RG, and WG have the newer case with the curved lugs and thicker guards.

Thank you Fisfirider:
The case difference of a PM Daytona can most easily be seen above the pushers. The PM case extends out from the bezel more than on the SS,YG & TT case.
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I prefer to call them Asymmetric & Symmetric.

Very simple, download the Rolex Daytona App:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/role...696058462?mt=8

http://www.rolex.com/footer/links/do.../ipad-app.html

YG, TT and SS = Asymmetric watchcase

Pt, RG, and WG = Symmetric watchcase

Asymmetric watchcase (YG, TT and SS) Lugs on the crown side (3 hours) are much much thinner then the 9 hours side.

[Seaotter]

The Daytona's design is an exercise in perfectly symmetry.
Its screw-down pushers on each side of the crown are COUNTERBALANCED
by the slightly wider lugs on the opposite of the case, MAINTAINING AESTHETIC BALANCE.

[eonflux]

Originally Posted by Seaotter

The Daytona's design is an exercise in perfectly symmetry.
Its screw-down pushers on each side of the crown are COUNTERBALANCED
by the slightly wider lugs on the opposite of the case, MAINTAINING AESTHETIC BALANCE.

So what about the Platona with lugs that are the same width on both sides? Is it aesthetically unbalanced?
To me, the asymmetric lugs look unbalanced.

[Seaotter]

LOL Ask Rolex !

You can write a letter to:

Montre Rolex SA
Rue Francois-Dussaud 3-5-7
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

even more in balance ?
a different balance ?

I really don't know

[Seaotter]

Originally Posted by eonflux

So what about the Platona with lugs that are the same width on both sides? Is it aesthetically unbalanced?
To me, the asymmetric lugs look unbalanced.

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[Copasetic]

Originally Posted by AS1

I wish my eyesight was good enough to discern a 1mm difference based on that.

What he said!

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by Copasetic

What he said!

You don't need good eyesight to see it, you just need some eyesight it's that obvious

[belligero]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

You don't need good eyesight to see it, you just need some eyesight it's that obvious

I also find that it's a pretty obvious difference.

Though a caliper works, too:

[ratty]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

You don't need good eyesight to see it, you just need some eyesight it's that obvious

Everything is obvious if you know it's there. If you aren't or don't look for something you often don't see it. What is obvious to one person may not be so obvious to another.

[KrismanX]

Originally Posted by AK797

Weighed my ceramic Daytona today, was 145 grams.

Holy moly. THIS.

I was confusing lugs with pushers this whoooole time. Super interesting info, I had NO idea! My OCD will now lock onto this EVERY time I see a fellow Dayto'wner in the wild.

And you guys are such enablers. Your passions make me want MORE watches.

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by ratty

Everything is obvious if you know it's there. If you aren't or don't look for something you often don't see it. What is obvious to one person may not be so obvious to another.

I'm referring to the timing of his post and that he still doesn't see there's a difference after the entire thread has been read with obvious conclusive proof!

I know what you mean though 👍

[GolfPunk]

As I'm about to upgrade from SS Daytona to WG Daytona, I thought I'd reignite this thread as it is very interesting to Daytona owners IMO.

[sampelligrino]

Don't the lugs on the PM Daytonas (RG/PT/WG) also taper down towards the wrist "sides" more than SS/YG/TT? Could be wrong.

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by sampelligrino

Don't the lugs on the PM Daytonas (RG/PT/WG) also taper down towards the wrist "sides" more than SS/YG/TT? Could be wrong.

This highlights the difference:

[sampelligrino]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

This highlights the difference:

Yeah I saw that, I think from a "flat" perspective as well, when the Daytona is sitting on the wrist, the lugs themselves angle downward and stretch out a bit more on PT/WG/RG?

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by sampelligrino

Yeah I saw that, I think from a "flat" perspective as well, when the Daytona is sitting on the wrist, the lugs themselves angle downward and stretch out a bit more on PT/WG/RG?

That's even better then giving slightly more wrist presence.

[GolfPunk]

Here's a great example (not done by myself).

[997]

you gotta love TRF for threads like this

[bobby81]

Originally Posted by Dyim

Afaik, there are two types of bezel engraving.

SS, TT, and full YG have one type.

Everything else have the bezels with triangle markers.

Maybe this is where you get different cases that goes with the different bezels?

I think I'm right in saying that all Daytona's manufactured after 2015 have the triangle marked bezel. I know from experience that the T/T Daytona 2016 model number 116503 has the triangle marked bezel. The T/T Daytona that was manufactured before 2016 model number 116523 was marked with dots