Daytona WG 116509 Bezel Swap to Ceramic

[bradyb]

Has anyone swapped out a bezel to ceramic on a white gold 116509 Daytona? Just curious as I’ve never seen one!

There's the brown ceramic bezel on the Platona, yes, but not available on a WG Daytona for whatever reason, so I'm interested to know if anyone has done this.

[kauffee]

GolfPunk, one of our members here, tried this a while back with a 116500 bezel and his watchmaker felt like it wasn’t going to fit and stopped.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=606692

[peterskinner]

Why would you want to swap, the white gold 116509 is glorious...I'd never muck around with mine. Actually, it's my favourite watch.

[bradyb]

I agree - the WG Daytona bezel is really nice, but that's all I've ever seen so was just wondering if anyone (aside from GolfPunk's attempt) has successfully made the swap?

[GolfPunk]

Originally Posted by kauffee

GolfPunk, one of our members here, tried this a while back with a 116500 bezel and his watchmaker felt like it wasn’t going to fit and stopped.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=606692

Yes that is correct, unfortunately my watchmaker said the figment was slightly different

[lusfort]

https://imgur.com/a/FPCNmIa"]https://imgur.com/a/FPCNmIa

Contrary to the established belief,

It is possible to place a ceramic dial onto a 116508 or 116509

On the local HK forums, this was done.

However the dial did come from a OF 116518/116519

I would think this makes sense as the foundry of rolex would not have double moulds for the same PM watch case.

[lusfort]

Sorry, ceramic bezel.. not dial

[Touring]

I would do the swap the other way like this guy.

[lusfort]

Another pic