Harder to get from AD and more limited production….SS Daytona or Sky D….

[mile2424]

Which is harder to get and more limited production wise? Stainless Daytona’s or blue/mint green dial Sky Dweller?

[kilyung]

In my experience, Daytona.

[ArtNouveau]

More Daytonas made and much higher demand. Less demand for Skydwellers but much less production. Customer buying from AD? I’d lean towards SS Daytona because you kind of have to earn it from your AD, although the requirements may be a bit murky.

[Watchdog]

Daytona is harder

[Amadd]

At my AD.

Daytona is very hard to get. Must be someone important or have a great long relationship with the store. Not just buying watches but jewelry bringing in new customers ect.

Sky’s - they get way less in than any other steel model. There is less demand but supply is very limited.
They get 1 blue for every 3 white/black. So far only 1 green for 2023. I imagine it will be the same as the blue interms of allocations to the AD.


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[brandrea]

I’d say Daytona even though they probably make more of them than the SkyDweller.

[Linuxpenguins]

Blue SS Sky D is up there with the Daytona (Panda) and BLRO. You need to spend big to get these pieces.

Hearing rumours the Blue is to be discontinued since the introduction of Mint.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Watchdog

Daytona is harder

Main reason for the Daytona hard to get is down to the hype especially with the SS,when it was launched way back in 2000 with the in-house cal 4130 it was hard to get then.And when the so called celebrities started wearing them ,then the hype really took off.Around this time you could buy the TT Daytona from AD for what the SS was bringing on grey .market.So over the years the hype has grown 1000% and now the Daytona must be the most hyped Rolex watch ever and on grey market they ask crazy money for them,as many buy the hype to wear it.Although the Daytona has a fantastic movement it's still a mass produced watch made in the many many thousands over the past 24 years and expect they make more Daytona over the Skydweller.

[fishingbear]

Pre-pandemic I got both black and white 11 Daytonas and a blue Skydweller from my AD before Rolex pulled their product from them. I waited about the same for the white Daytona and blue Skydweller (just under two years) and only a few months for the black Daytona.

[avidflyer]

Originally Posted by fishingbear

Pre-pandemic I got both black and white 11 Daytonas and a blue Skydweller from my AD before Rolex pulled their product from them. I waited about the same for the white Daytona and blue Skydweller (just under two years) and only a few months for the black Daytona.

same….but only 8-12 months for a white Daytona

[illiguy]

I never inquired about a SkyD (Blue), but, FWIW, waited 18 months before getting a 116500LN (White). Have been waiting about 10 months for the 126500LN (White).

[Calatrava r]

Is both are hard as heck to get an answer.

[APPRF]

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[APPRF]

Strong demand for Daytona comes from both genders and all size wrists, so hyped that even big wristed men want it vs Sky Dweller demand which comes from men with big enough wrists.

[pandajoe]

chatting with Vegas AD at Crystals a month or so ago and he said Panda>Blue SS SkyD>Pepsi is what he feels are the toughest to get

[HL65]

Daytona much harder IMHO.


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[travisb]

Daytona will likely always be the tougher one to get.

[painexpert]

Daytona for sure.

[MSL997]

Simply look at grey market pricing for degree of difficultness. Price is truth.

[PBJ1925]

Daytona in the NorCal market for me.

[Tools]

The Daytona is generally more difficult to get because of the extremely high demand.

It is very likely that there are many times more Daytonas produced than Skydwellers.

[favx]

I think Daytona is harder.

[the_Hunter]

I have a SS Sky D in blue from my AD but don't have a SS Daytona

everything else I have asked for I have been able to get in 6-9 months of really asking for it re: telling my SA this is what I want next (BLRO, Whitegold Daytona, Sub ect...)

[JMP57]

Got my SS Blue Sky-Dweller last week from my AD after 2 year wait. I am now on list for SS Panda Daytona and AD is telling me it will be 6 mo to a year.

[t65tampa]

My guess would be SS Daytona is harder to get than the blue or green dial Sky-Dweller. The Daytona has greater popular demand I think.

Both are killer watches, but quite dissimilar.

[Ravager135]

I started collecting seriously in 2008. I've never seen a stainless steel Daytona in an AD let alone been asked if I want one. I have seen precious metal and two tone models in display cases pre-2017ish. Sky-Dwellers I've seen around. The blue dial Sky-Dweller is certainly the most desired and probably as hard to get as a Daytona, but there are far less made. Daytonas as a stainless steel offering are definitely the hardest to get.

[Mystro]

The SS Daytona is in its own zip code in hard to get in Rolex status at a AD. This is nothing new as the SS Daytona was hard to get decades before any cared about Rolex in the mainstream.
It goes #1 White SS Daytona, #2 Black SS Daytona. The BLRO/Pepsi or anything else is way down the line in difficulty to get from a AD.

Where you’ll get a break with the Sky Dweller’s is it’s wearability and general mass appeal as not a lot will want that big of a watch.

[dlddrrr]

I’m going to say Daytona by a wide margin. Any Daytona is hard to get, in almost every configuration whether it’s SS or PM. Sky Dwellers on the other hand are way easier to get in PM, steel is still hard. I was on vacation in the U.K. last September and went to the Rolex AD at the Bristol mall just for sh!ts and giggles and they had a YG Sky-Dweller champagne dial to buy at MSRP. I’ve also been offered multiple WG and RG Sky-Dweller on bracelet and Oysterflex by my local ADs but I’ve passed on them.

[pedersenkl]

SS Daytona is harder to get from the AD, but SkyD Blue isn’t far behind.

You require a longer relationship, large spend, or luck to obtain either from an AD within a reasonable wait time.