Rolex Daytona 116500LN. The Perfect Rolex. A Rolex for life. 

Yes! Before even watching it I pressed like. Waiting for the Panda video since weeks 🐼 you make the most satisfying and relaxing watch content on youtube. Congrats for the grail. Keep it on and happy new year 🎇

Panda 🐼 journey is a long and winding road. Congrats for sticking with it!! Great video!

Great video - fabulous Rolex. Thank you and happy new year 🎉

Yessssssssss💥💥💥🚀 There it is‼️‼️‼️ HUGE congratulations once again, Brother! And thanks SO MUCH for this long-awaited video! Pop your bubbly 🥂🍾, guys, and buckle up! This will be EPIC for SURE‼️ 💪🔥

congratulations on the panda daytona! it really is a beautiful piece. and maaan, do i love these videos and your way to review/describe watches.

congratulations on getting your grail enjoy in good health mate ..epic watch

The quality of your videos is first rate. Congratulations on your most recent acquisition, and all the best to you & family in 2024!

Another fantastic video! I prefer the Panda on the old model, but the black dial on the new model. Congratulations again on the amazing score!!!

Brother, congratulations. I enjoy your content and always look forward to the next one. Cheers!

Absolutely stunning piece on your wrist,the panda Daytona is the most beautiful among all rolex lineup for sure 👍💪👏

You’ve got a great version of the watch, but I’ve learnt that when it comes to design, I should never speak too soon, because despite how much I analyse things, the reality of how things grow on me is unpredictable. Rolex would have trialed that design for a long time, so they have the benefit of experience over us.. just like Ferrari design, there’s a reason it ages so well. As of right now, I’m with you that your version is the best.. but I wouldn’t make any bets on it, because sometimes it can take years for it to ‘click’.. and when it does, there’s no going back! Enjoy your watch man, it’s a legendary piece!! 💫

Happy New Year! Congratulations on the gorgeous Daytona!

Great vid, Chris. It is a decease. Health and enjoy, all the best from N Ireland

Awesome video ! Congratulations on the pick up ! Panda suits you so well !

Mr Negroni…. Another epic video. So happy we joined the PandaBoys 🐼 club within days of each other. Although I did get the new 126500LN. I love the old and the new references, and trust me if you had the new reference on your wrist for a few weeks I think your heart would melt for it ❤

Let’s go! Congrats again!

My man with another killer video. Congrats on the watch and Happy New Year! 🎉

Congratulations for your Daytona. I had same luck and got one of the last piece of old model from my AD month ago.

Getting a little emotional for us in the end there huh.. lol.. Congrats on the new piece man. This is why I love your videos, raw emotions, and real content. Per usual, great quality on the videos as well. Onto the next piece!

Your vid makes me appreciate my Panda so much more! Thank you 👍👍

Great video! Really liked your honest contrast of the old vs new, and your introspection towards the end b/c let’s face it…you’re right; it’s a psychiatric sickness.

Great video bro and Congrats again on the Daytona, and as your wife said, you do deserve it! 🙌🏾

Perfect one & done Rolex. Congrats.

LFG - Congrats Negroni!

Not a Daytona fan, never was, i guess I never will be even though it is a top watch. But I wish for you to love your Panda the way I love my 1960s Speedy 321. Depending when you were born, what you see and feel for a watch, what emotion they generate, you fall in love with it - it can be a Daytona, an old 321, or a cheap Casio. No rules. To each his own grail. Buy and enjoy the one YOU love.

Negroni 🔧. Daytona is cool. Now time to get an Aquinaut. Stay cool mate 🥃. BTW congratulations 🍾🎊🎉

Huge congratulations to you. I had no preference regarding Daytona black dial vs. panda. My AD offered me the black dial after three years and many purchases. It has ruined all other black dial watches for me. Sold my sub, sea dweller, and speedy. Only the black dial Milgauss GV remains as a black dial alternative in my collection. I think the Daytona is the Rolex that people would buy as their only Rolex if it were readily available. I think you may find over the next few months that consolidating your collection will be easier now that you have the panda. Please keep us posted. I am definitely interested.

Great video, great delivery, and great insight! Many of the same reasons I decided on my Rolex CPO, black dial 116500ln earlier this month. I really like the size and proportions. Larger cases are just a fad like baggie clothes were in the 90’s.

The best Daytona! Awesome vid

Congratulations!

Congratulations on getting “The Tim” 💪 👍

You left it in…😂 Oyster case is soooo slim, smooth and sultry. Just like you Mr Negroni you beautiful thing. ❤

Great content man! I agree 100%. Question: if you could only keep 3 of your Rolexes which one would you get rid of between sub, GMT, day date, Daytona?

Congratulations. New to your channel. Nice content. How many other watches did you have to acquire from your AD before you even a shot for this beautiful Daytona?

Congratulations on the new watch! Not surprised you're already thinking about the next one.

Congratulations!! Beautiful watch. But the starbucks in my opinion looks better. You actually looked happier with that purchase on your other video. Anyway, great video and enjoy your new 🐼 in good health man.

Congratulations 🎉🍾 Now it’s time for the next level: AP

Congrats!

Great watch and video!

Thanks. The slimmer sub dial is a deal breaker for me. Bought a 116500 from grey too because of that

Hey Congrats man on the Daytona it suits you, I would recommend AP 15202/16202, it will look 🔥 in your collection

Congratulations on your new watch! When will you do a SOTC video man? I already knew I'm gonna love more than half of your collection, especially the grail.

Negroni officially got all the infinity stones 😂. Love the channel 🤙🏾

thanks for a great video. you captured my watch collecting sentiments, exactly. i have fixated on the 126710blro for a couple years and i was thinking my chances of getting one from my AD were slipping through my hands, especially with all the talk of them being discontinued. i was even considering the 116719blro, white gold black dial pepsi that is extremely under market value. thankfully my AD gave me the call a week before christmas, but as watch addicts, the thrill of the hurt far exceeds the actual acquistion. why can't we just be happy with what we have??

fantastic camera work as always Chris keep it up👌👍

Huge congrats Chris!! It’s a sickness for sure.. haha

Nice review. I have both 116500 Panda (my daily wearer) and in late December I got a 126500 Panda. I still lean towards the 116500. I got rid of my back and white dial 116520s and I also got rid of my 116500 Black dial, never wore them. In fact I am down to 3 Rolex now. I may stay that way,less decisions on a day to day basis! 😂

I totally understand what you mean about the sickness. I took 9 months to get my first Rolex this year ( Sub Date) and after a week I was looking to buy the next. I had to say to myself stop and enjoy what you have instead of trying to get the second and final ( Ha!) Rolex.

I bought a P-serial 116508 Daytona to get one of the first 4130 movements. It salutes your one of the last...

So true, I have the same model and I don't like the new one. I was luck to get 116500LN. Cheers. Happy new year!

Congrats so happy for you man! 🙌🏽 I just have one question though. How does the feeling of getting the Daytona compared to the DayDate? If you can even compare them. Both are literally my grail watches only difference just in yellow gold as far as Rolex goes and I just have to know! lol

Congrats!!!! Did you get this Daytona at the same AD where you got your Day Date? Awesome!!! Enjoy and be careful rocking it in public, watch your surroundings. I agree this version is better than the new 2023/2024 variant. This has a true classic oyster case and it's smaller/thinner than the new version. I want one, but there's not much in modern Rolex that I want. I own an Explorer 36mm 2021, I don't care for the 41mm Sub no date (I prefer the pre-ceramic). I like the GMT Batman, but it takes time to get one and new/used prices are coming down close to retail (I can wait). I want a Day Date 36mm white gold. I could get one TODAY, but I feel I'm not ready for it. I have a few obligations and life goals to achieve before I will buy one. I feel a little too young for a Day Date (I'm a youthful 51 year old flat stomach, full head of hair, still look like I'm in my 30's good genes I suppose).. that's just me, to each their own journey. So for me it's pointless to spend money, show insincere effort, find time to follow up with AD sales reps just to prove my customer loyalty to my AD for a Daytona. Personally I will wait until I can find one around $20k if the time is right. I know these will not get back down to $17k-$19k 2016 prices. However, if and when Rolex get it's new factory up and running. I'm sure we will start to see more Daytona models available to cool off the demand.

Love your videos. I got my Panda only a few weeks after getting my black dial 116500. Maybe you read my review of them both on TRF.

Got mine 126500ln two weeks ago! Love it moon and back!

I’m sitting here looking at my own panda Daytona that I finally bought a month ago. It’s my watch for life. Don’t care about the hype and chatter, I love it. One day my son will wear it.

The SS Daytona was always sought after and never in the display cases decades before the latest social media hype. It’s not a new or artificial phenomenon. The 11 series ceramic Daytona Panda is THE ultimate Rolex regardless of price point. It’s now a rock star with VIP status. FYI the real world owner measurements are in and the newer 12 series Daytona is no larger than the 11 series Daytona. Rolex just messed up the beautiful case and face with the 12 series. Clasp width at locking side: 17.62 mm for both Clasp length: 36.64 mm for both Sizeable links: 15.48 mm for both Sapphire glass: 116500: 30.31 mm 126500: 30.24 mm Thickness (caseback to crystal): 116500: 12.16 mm 126500: 12.0 mm Bezel (full extents of bezel/metal ring): 116500: 38.48 mm 126500: 38.76 mm Span across watch SEL to SEL (12 to 6): 116500: 50.40 mm 126500: 49.34 mm Span across watch crown to case (9 to 3): 116500: 42.6 mm 126500: 43.0 mm

Great video! What do you think about the new Daytona’s with Oysterflex?

Great review Chris. The hobby is a cruel mistress!

Congrats, but the journey is better than arriving and thats even more the case regarding ID enhancers - I think you smart enough to know this

Totally agreed with you ...i also tried to like the new one but i cant😅 It does not give that joy ....seeing to the old dial ..fatter hour marker ..oyster case ... gives me the joy I think that asymmetrical lugs give a unique character to that watch ....i love that ....for me 116500ln>>>>>>>>>126500ln ..feeling very happy that other also think like me ....thx for this content

I'm glad I got mine when it was still around $25k because I know I'm never getting it from my AD even with some spend history.

i love mine, but when i wear it after my vintage sub or my batgirl gmt i find the face so fussy on the Daytona, you have to double take to check the time at a glance, the gmt and sub i have are so easy and crisp to see time in an instant , the extra dials, loads of face text and thin Daytona hands make it not the most practical, but it is perfect size and weight and a pretty watch.

love your video! 116500LN panda is the best

Congrats brother. I have the new version in black and this version in white. Size 7 inch wrist give or take. What size wrist are you and how many links on each side do you wear? The warm weather had me add a link.

Sono completamente d'accordo con te!! Anch'Io ho avuto la possibilita' di scegliere la vecchia referenza o la nuova . Ma quando li ho visti entrambi dal vero ho scielto il 116500LN con quadrante nero che lho trovo per i Miei gusti piu' elegante! Anche per Me e' stato un passo indietro la forma del nuovo Daytona!! Stefano. Italy

New to your channel. Enjoy the content. Just curious what you do for a living! Thanks!

I’ll take it in oysterflex any day of the week.

This was never on my radar a few years back, it was always the Batman since this seemed unachievable and I had “realistic” goals so never considered. I was saving for one, got a call from my AD for the TT CHNR even though it wasn’t on my list, I didn’t want to risk having a purchase history so I ended up buying it and not loving it, moved it on for a small profit. Cut to, finally was in the position to buy a Batman through the gray, thanks to recent YT channel growth and success and even bought the Starbucks. I soon realized how much I wanted the 116500ln Panda and made a trade for the Batman and Starbucks for the Panda. Owned it for about 5 months and for some idiotic reason, I traded it for, wait for it… a Batman plus cash. Not even a month has gone by and I realized I made a mistake. The Daytona proportions and the over feel were just second to none, aside from my first Rolex the Polar Explorer 5 digit… I am now in the process of trading my Batman+cash to get my damn Panda back! And yes, I agree the 126 Panda just doesn’t do it for me. Hard to improve on the 116500! Great video!

Got my first rolex last week. Rolex sd 43 and i get the hype. Have omega and breitling but rolex just different level. Wish they made a 42 or 43 mm daytona

Wow! Congrats 🎉 very nice! Have fun with it. Do you still have your Sub 114060?

I didn't want to settle for the less desirable old reference so my AD came through and I got the current Panda😀 I love the symmetrical lugs, the mishapen old ones are an eye sore.

Congratulations the 116500 Daytona is the one that started it all…

Great video Negroni. “Always leave it in” is the motto I live by.

Take a New Year’s Day shot every time he says Daytona in this video. Cheers!!

There is no doubt that 126500 is a better more refined version Daytona. But what choice do you have when you are buying from the AD. I think 126500 is a better looking Daytona especially with black dial. But I wouldn’t reject if AD offers me 116500 in any color 😉

What did you end up paying OTD? Congrats on the beautiful piece btw!

Congrats on the 116500ln. It’s way better than the 12 series

The best watch channel on YT, and this vid, the Daytona, so right, it is a great watch but because of the hype it does take a few weeks wear to really get the love it deserves once the hype in your mind calms down 😎 keep up the good work fella 😀

Dude, don't look back, you got a grail watch for sure.

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what u think of the 116520?

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Hi, how big is your wrist?

If you could only keep your Daytona or DayDate Olive, which one?

Honestly i don’t remember the last time i disagreed so much with a rolex review. I much prefer the latest daytona than the previous versions! :)

I have enjoyed your video, excellent work! My take. 3 years of purchase history (who knows how much you spent) and suddenly you get the call to go and burn other 17K USD completely unplanned😅.. From a financial perspective I already hate this operation. Not the watch but the process… Becoming an integral part of their marketing and market speculation consequently. Nah, I’ll pass. Especially when there are in existence much better, more beautiful and with more interesting history chronographs by Far out there 🎉

Agreed that the new steel Daytona is a let down from this classic. There is less “Panda” going on with the thinner sub-dials and bezel. Just doesn’t have the same visual impact. I like the new precious metals versions just fine, as they were already larger cases before, but I’m not buying the new Panda to replace my current one, just isn’t an upgrade:

It’s a decent looking watch. I wouldn’t call it the best looking Rolex though. However I’ve gotta disagree with you on the new one. The new Daytona is elite. That stainless bezel ring makes the watch seem a lot more premium and completely balances out the overpowering effect the bezel used to have on the watch. The Zenith El Primero suffers from that issue. Rolex managed to fix the watch from the ailment it suffered from, and I can honestly place it on the Speedmaster level now. However, it’s all personal preference and I’m happy if you’re happy.

As much as i see and have tried them, i prefer defenetly new one, for me it's more balance due to thin subdials and much presence on the wrist. The old one for me its too small and unbalance with thick subdials. Anyway it's always a daytona, its important to enjoy it 😉!!!

I prefer the new models of Daytona than the earlier ones. The new models pop and look very cool. There’s no way the new models of Daytona are anywhere resembling Tudor or any other models

how big is your wrist?

I tried a bunch of different Daytonas on my wrist and every time, I’m disappointed by the looks when on my wrist. In photo’s and videos, I LOVE it!! But in reality, it’s too dainty and looks terrible on my wrist.

Glad to see you have this piece! Time to retract your video saying the GMT holds a candle to it 😜

🗣️ PANDA BOYS UNITE…👊🐼

I purchased a Submariner because of Steve McQueen. Now I really want a Daytona because of Paul Newman.

The 126500 is NOT slab sided and in no way resembles a Tudor. So you are off on that. It has the same DJ-like curved sides as the gold Daytonas

Agree. Most iterations of the new daytona are a downgrade from the 11 series daytona. Only exceptions might be the platinum and black ss.

Old > New

No way I'm going to purchase a $84,000 Daytona Platnium, so I'm waiting to get the Panda version from my AD.

Did you say "Panda Daytona" enough there in the first five minutes? I'm not sure the algorithm heard you.