In Germany we had dealers who gave you a manually wound daytona for free, if you had bought a golden Rolex in the first place. That was the only efficient way to get rid of those watches...
In 86 I bought one, was defect. Brought it back after two days and the second was defect also. So the dealer (well known Swiss dealer) told me that the Daytona was in fact the worst Rolex and suggested to buy a standard Date instead.They returned then all the Daytona to Rolex ... and the rest is history now. Price was 1.500 CHF ...I was just looking for a reliable watch.
Hard to imagine since it uses a Valjoux 72 movement. That movement was introduced in 1914 and in 1975 it was still in use. It is a complex movement. The replacement was the Valjoux 7750.
@@Mr10usdad Valjoux 7750 is a great even legendary movement. I have a Heuer Pasadena with a 7750, 42 years old and runs +/- 2 secs/day. I don’t know how this thing keeps time to COSC level so well, I’m lucky, maybe it’s black magic from the Swiss Jura mountains or something 😂
i love the way you tell the story about the watch! love this page so much. im just newbe on watch so if i may, what makes rolex more expensive than omega on this era?
Great film couldn't wait for the next video so i'm watching the back catalogue the science and history are great too keep it up.ever thought of doing the opus watches?
Well thank you Watchfinder. Everyone else appears to have forgotten about the Rolex - NASA link. Rolex were definitely trying to win the contract to provide a watch for use in space - hence the name Cosmograph. However Omega’s Speedmaster was the preferred chronological instrument. So Rolex focussed the watch on motor racing - let’s call it the Daytona as an afterthought due to it poor success with NASA - it never made it in to space like the Speedmaster - the Rolex GMT (Jack Swigirt) and The Bulova Lunar as worn by Dave Scott on Apollo 1V. Nice one watchfinder.
Story I heard president U.S. Rolex told NASA they could not get enough chronographs for NASA to test. I imagine NASA requested a dozen. Omega responded to NASA and eventually got the contract. Rolex Geneva responded too late, and later promoted the president U.S. Rolex to president Rolex Antarctica. I've sold, traded, or gifted all my watches except a 2010, steel bezel, black dial Daytona. My only watch.
I heard that both Breitling and Rolex lost out in good part because of their Sapphire Crystals Omega used the other stuff I can't spell:))))). Nasa didn't want anything that could shatter in a weightless environment.
I've noticed on several of these videos (maybe it's a stock clip) what I will call the slop between the two gears...how come? Less friction? What impact does it have?
Hey I like your video and everything but the visual part does not give us any new information. You’re just holding the watch the whole time. Can you add on some images or clips when you talk about the watch? Thanks
Probably the best looking Daytona ever, it is actually legible, very speedmaster-ish unlike the other bling fest variants. If that model cost Speed-master coaxial money it would have a waiting list as long as the distance to the moon!
Racing ? Space ? Jewellery ? I still don't get what Rolex really wants with the Daytona. Is it a Paul Newman watch or a Paris Hilton watch ? The Speedy classic from the 60s and the Heuer Autavia 2446C have much more character. This is why the Daytona is not on my dreamwatch list.
Figures that the most Omega-like Rolex and the Rolex that is an obvious knock-off of an Omega would also be considered the "most" unpopular. At times during the video, it really looked like he was holding a Moonwatch. Even has the raised domed crystal. Looks leaps and bounds better than the modern ceramic Daytona. What a shame they made it with PCL and did away with the brushed steel and contrasting subdials.
I considered buying one of these new in 1988. I was 15 years old and Ben Bridge in Seattle had a couple. I think the retail was about 2000 USD. That seemed like way too much. I picked a Seiko dive watch instead. Coulda shoulda woulda
I didn't know this watch (i'm starting) it's really wonderful it looks like an omega speedy and a daytona that made out and created this and it's wonderful even if i don't like the three dials i prefer an more standard and basic watch. But i prefer the speedy xD Nasa approved ;p
It's not just that the Omega Speedmaster was "favorable" in NASA's eyes, it's that it was the only watch on Earth able to pass every single one of the space agency's rigorous tests. The truth is, the Rolex didn't even pass THE FIRST TEST. Instead, it flat-out failed and stopped running. Literally. This is all according to James Ragan, the man who actually did the Apollo watch testing for NASA. Long story short, Rolex is a pile of shit, and you'd be a fool to buy a Daytona over a Speedmaster, whether in 1969 or 2020.
That's just completely false, they weren't as good back then due to the movement being crap, modern daytonas are better than modern day speedmasters and you're delusional if you think otherwise, but speedmasters are 20k cheaper and do the same job so they're the better option but I'd take a zenith chronomaster over both to actually use since they're more accurate than both
Is this really a “Paul Newman”? I thought all the Newman Daytonas have 15 30 45 60 on the subdial at nine o’clock or is that only the ones with the panda dial?
In all honesty Rolex didn’t crack the market with this watch as a genuine tool watch. As this vid indicated, Rolex’s famous marketing dept did it in the luxury end of the market and only after the Quartz crisis had abated with a trick - the famous racing driver Paul Newman. He also had had great acting skills - and lived in a strange little town called Hollywood. This got their foot in the door and suddenly Daytona became a gold standard. I know of at least 2 other superior tool watch chronograph makers who made watches with case/dial sizes no bigger than Rolex Daytona, but had far greater legibility that you don’t notice their small size - Heuer and Omega. This is perhaps why they captured the motorsport and the new space market in the 60s with the famous Carrera and Speedmaster models respectively, whilst Rolex struggled to find its feet with this hard to read oddball chrono without a name (initially). When you strip away the Bullsh*t marketing tricks and look at the watch for what it is at bare retail price it is a handsome well made watch with novel screw down pushers, but actually it’s not really special as a functional chronograph timepiece at all.
Seeing this makes me think about the Pogue. I know the Seiko Pogue doesn't cost enough to be featured on this channel but I'd love to see it as part of a follow up to this video. The external tachy, the contrasting bezel, the real history... Not the politics and money, but history. I wonder if there are more Speedmasters from 70-74 or if there are more Pogues from 70-74 out there today. It would be interesting to see how the numbers worked out comparing a 'cheap', mass produced watch, and a high dollar luxury sanctioned by NASA.
Omega isn’t a luxury watch maker at that time. Its only until the mid-80s when the company under the Swatch Group reposition itself as such. Omega during the 60s is like what Seiko is today.
Komor Uddin I used to be fan of Hublot. Pieces like King Power Foudroyante or that 4000m diver are so cool but the brand is focusing way too much on making random special editions
Komor Uddin they get a bad rap because they use base ETA in their fusion range and charge 10 times what a Hamilton does which uses the same. They’re also too blingy for most people who can actually afford them and thus usually only get seen on the wrists of those who see it as just a status symbol such as rappers and sports stars.
Chris Some of their inhouse movements are pretty cool tho like that Foudroyante. Split second chrono that also calculates seconds with 1/8 accuracy. If that movement was released by lets say like PP or Audemars Piguet it would cost propably 50k and people would still praise it but because it is Hublot, no one gives a shit.
Hyppyrotta I think Hublot have to choose a path and stick to it though..... Either top quality in house or modified ETA. Other brands such as Tag Heuer have made the same mistakes by producing top pieces but also a load of crap.
