$7K for Speedmaster with hesalite and closed caseback. Can pickup older model with 1861 mvmt even cheaper. No Tudor?? Most obvious alternative!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ I’d rather have the Breitling Premier with B09 manual wind or Navitimer
Really enjoyed this breakdown guys, nicely done. You’re upping your game, ‘and’. Another value play in the chrono world is any Grand Seiko Chrono, spring drive or high beat…. Vastly superior tech and value.
I would avoid Breitling like the plague. My wife bought me one in 1996. Highly emotional sentimental value. I had it serviced a number of times over the years directly through breitling. Took it in recently for a repair. Keep in mind it's a mechanical chronograph. I got an email saying they could no longer get parts for my quartz watch. I brought the error to their attention and got another form letter that they could no longer get parts for an ETA movement. Somehow that doesn't seem possible. Breitling is decided they don't want to service their own watches. Imagine if you buy a Breitling today with all in-house movements and they refused to service it. Fortunately I had many other options for service on an ETA movement. I'm done with breitling.
I think people here misunderstand. You have a neo vintage Breitling QUARTZ watch. I think that is where the problem is. Movements for quartz watches like the Breitling Navitimer Jupiter are no longer made. Especially movements that were used in Breitling Plutons which used a Digi-analog movement. Once those have battery leaks there is no easy way to source a movement replacement which is what it will need. This would not be an issue with a MECHANICAL watch. There you will be able to service it in the future up to a certain degree. But that is the issue with all watches. Rolex for example will not service certain bubble back models because they no longer have the parts.
Great to hear you mention Sinn as it's a real tool watch with great specifications. Sinn also has the 356 in a copper guilloche dial which when you imagine buying with the Zenith el primero and the Tag Heuer carrera for a second hand Daytona the conversion becomes redundant.
Getting my 1861 Speedy back. Can't wait.... would take that over any other chronograph. And compared to the new one these are almost half price...I just don't see a reason to buy the new one. And the bracelet pinches hair, which was a surprise when I tried one on recently.... so I'll wear mine on a strap anyway
Everything watch they listed suck. You know what I know cos none of them have one or would buy one. In their own collection Christian in particular. 42mm brietling? Come one mate you don’t wear anything other the 40mm down. Zero I mean zero chance you would ever buy it.
The video was kinda a waste after both of you guys admitted people with Daytona money won’t buy anything else. I don’t know why people focus on the Daytona alternatives vs Speedmaster alternatives which there are a few you already suggested at less than £7500 IMO it’s a nice watch, a trophy piece. But I’m not in that bracket for a Chronograph watch, rather it be a dress watch
I, like many have grown incredibly tired of the Rolex game. Until I can walk in to a Rolex AD and pick out watch without waiting a year, I think I have bought my last Rolex. Breitling on the other hand is making some amazing new products. Georges Kern has made the brand a real powerhouse again. I had not bought a Breitling in about 12 year (Navitimer was my last) In the past couple of months I bought a Chronomat and a Superocean. I can’t stop wearing them. I have had more compliments on the two Breitlings than I have ever had on any of my Rolex watches. Great video!
Well said. I love my new super ocean, I bought the rubber strap for summer in addition to having the bracelet. My submariner just sits in the drawer at this point.
It's a 200g, 15mm thick hunk of steel with minimal attention to quality control and the least wearable proportions I can think of. Spending $5500 to damn every saint every time you wear it is just torture.
Thank you!!!! So true in everything you say, and yes, I believe the Zenith is a more important watch, horologically, than the BORING Daytona.....(Dont get me started on the "Value" of a Daytona)...Elephant in the room....lets say what we all thinking, the Daytona is for people that have money and want others to know they have money....its by a Marketing company that happens to make watches...... now to wait for all the Rolex fans to come at me with pitchforks and fire!!! EVEN Hans Wilsdorf said Rolex is a brand/marketing company...The Founder of Rolex said that! So........😉
Great video! I highly agree with the choices you made. Breitling with their contribution to chronographs, Heuer with their history in racing, Moonwatch is timeless, and the fact that the Daytona housed an El Primero movement for over a decade.
I dont even want a daytona now because of the baggage.... purchased a JLC Chronograph recently. Looked at the Zeinth but didnt understand the 1/10th of a second gimic.
I'd understand if you say 5980, RM72-01, RM11, AP Chrono, Moser Streamline beats Daytona But these are lesser tier brands you're trying to get sponsorship from because there's no way RM would sponsor you. You're also preying on people who don't have the money for Rolex waitlist and APs, so you said these watches are better to make them feel good. Absolute *MONEY GRAB* 🙄
The Sinn 356 dials are so beautiful, but 15mm thickness for the sapphire (15.6mm for acrylic) makes it look silly on the wrist. And Sinn knows it, which is why they don't post any photos showing the thickness.
Little less mainstream but would get a Breguet XX. Heritage like crazy, great size, flyback Chrono, easily half the price of a Daytona. Got a solid gold XX last year on gold bracelet for way less than pre-owned steel Daytona. Also, that Zenith chronomaster sport, gold, on strap, for less than 15K... Sexy.
If I was gonna spend 25-30k on a chronograph, it would be a Universal Geneve Nina or Clapton. I find it beautiful and more interesting than the Daytona IMHO. Also, for 15k, I can get several great chronos, like the Sinn 356, Nivada Grenchen CASD, and have money left over.
Hahaha, kid, if you truly believe a Selita or Breitling is "better" you drunk to much! That 4130 will be running without service three times longer than any of your proposals. You said Speedmaster? You mean the one made with the flimsy chinese bracelets??? Okay, you go first buy them, and then will talk, I stay with my Daytona...
I would have picked the Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph personally. While the dial is busy, it’s also unique the most unique and historic of the brand. Otherwise, definitely the Speedy is hands down the better chronograph of the bunch. Not biased because I have the 3861 hesalite… lol 😅
Surprised that with zenith there was no mention of, or photos of the chronomaster sport. That model with the ceramic black bezel and white dial is extremely close to the aesthetic of Daytona
Rolex Daytona wasn't even able to be given away by Rolex a few years back THEEEEEEEEN Mr Paul Newman's sold for over $17mil THEEEEEEEN the world thought they were the greatest watch Zenith ever created and the people believed every Daytona was worth $17mil
Zenith Daytona beats the modern Daytona. It’s accurate, durable and readily available compared to new. I’d got with that over any of these. Also please stop saying “no brainer.” Especially when you are talking about an 8K Chronomat. Woof.
Wonder if the Daytona would have the same status/cult following if it didn't have the "Newman" association/connection? I bet not! And personally, would go for Primero over a Daytona any day of the week.
My Towson Watch Company Mission M250-2-b is a way better watch than all of these in my opinion. It only cost 2,500 and there is only a 100 made of each color. I have number 27.
I love the design of the Daytona I really do but………..there is no way I would buy one on the grey market at almost twice list……nah, which does mean I will never get one, unless all of a sudden Rolex falls out of favour and they can’t sell them anymore. It could just happen. They sure have not done themselves any favours in recent years with their reputation and horror AD stories of treatment being talked about a lot.
Hey - I have a Daytona in my collection and I don’t represent any of those characteristics you described. I suspect your point of view could be generational. Best regards, Mr. Valjoux
The new gold speed masters are going for 40% retail. Unworn. The green dial moonshine full gold bracelet are going for $25k. Retail is $41k. Gold dial $5k higher
For me, collecting watches is a big sea of ideas and watches And maybe cheap watches give you the same quality and maybe better than expensive watches and this thing applies to cars we all know that Toyota more reliable than a Mercedes or a Bentley even in technological and luxury the Chinese cars are close there BUT its not all about that the fun with collecting watches its gonna be unaffordable it gonna be painful it gonna hurts! And these characteristics does not have with cheap watches and Cheap cars,,, some people will understand what I mean
Dollar for Dollar, nonsense, the majority of people buy watches for there looks. Apart from maybe the Speedmaster only a blind man would like the others more than a Daytona.
I own a Sinn 104 St with a blue dial on a leather strap and is one of my favorites on my watch box. Sinn watches is one of the best kept secrets "value for money" in the industry. Nice video guys, cheers!
No one buys a rolex because it does anything mechanically, they buy it to show other people they have a Rolex. So an alternative doesn’t fit the bill and respectfully neither dies this video honestly 😂
Guys face the music. Most Daytona owners will most likely additionaly own manny of the alternative watches you mention by choice since money isn't much of an issue.
How are we not talking about the Bb chrono that has the same B01 inside Dollar for dollar better then the rest of the list at that price point and design
My next watch is the Omega Speedmaster Racing. And you don't have to spend 8 grand for one. The version I want, white dial and white subdials, can be had for ~$3,200-$4,000.
Hype aside. Every one of these alternatives have parts of what you want from a Daytona but non compare. A Daytona is a critical clutch, automatic chronograph with 100m water resistance. 12.4mm thick and 39mm. The thickness of the Sinn is 15.6mm. Oof Tag is 14 mm thick. Speedmaster is 42 and 14. Something thick with only 50 meters of WR. Zenith comes the closest but non triple date has 4:30 date. Also thicker. Triple calendar is cool! 50 meters WR. The breitling?! 15mm thick and 42 mm. Forget Rolex clout. Zenith comes the closest I think but at the end of the day you are settling if what you have your heart set on is a Daytona. :)
Great video guys. Do you suppose the name just reading "Heuer" on the dial leaving off the "TAG" might change the perspective of the watch for some in a more positive light?
I would say yes - considering that many pieces tag makes now don’t have it on the dial. I reckon the only reason LVMH doesn’t drop the tag name altogether is that the brand has a large presence to the non watch world world
I don't get what the deal is with Daytona. Rolex has some distinctly Rolex-y models but the Daytona looks exactly like every other chronograph from every other manufacturer. The Speedmaster looks like itself really so it is very distinct and that is a bonus. With prices skyrocketing, Speedmaster@$8,000? crazy, if you are on a budget, look for a Speedmaster Automatic. Massively cheaper, just as good, no hassle in winding it and better proportions.
Surprised no AP chrono not this list. Pound for pound even if you’re potentially spending more for some references it is better. Especially compared vs the non-retail price of a Daytona, and given AP has come off decently in the secondary market. You’re getting something that has a much higher “perceived value” and getting more recognition for having something special within and outside of the watch community.
I don’t think so. Daytona is beautiful and expensive relative to what? If money wasn’t an issue would you get the watches you are talking about or would you rather get a Daytona? The Panda Daytona trades for about twice Msrp because the authorized dealers know what they are trading for and are going to offer them to customers that have been loyal for many years and have an extensive purchase history and even with extensive purchase history it is not guaranteed that they are going to get offered the Daytona so a person might spend a couple hundred thousand dollars an they might not get offered the Daytona and because of that uncertainty the watch trades for such a high premium and Rolex is not going to start producing a ton of that model because they are more concerned with keeping their brand luxurious and prestigious now and a hundred years from now!
I bought a Toyota Land Cruiser instead of a Daytona.
lol
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Where the hell is the Tudor BB Chronograph? That has to be the best Daytona alt for that price and easily more attainable.
Agreed! It's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the video title!
It is becoming more and more clear the gap between the channels who have brand affiliation. I’m slightly disappointed obvious it’s becoming.
$7K for Speedmaster with hesalite and closed caseback. Can pickup older model with 1861 mvmt even cheaper. No Tudor?? Most obvious alternative!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ I’d rather have the Breitling Premier with B09 manual wind or Navitimer
Probably because it’s a super obvious choice. Everyone already knows about that watch
What do you think of the new gem set Zenith Primero? To my eye it looks far less gaudy than the gem set Daytonas.
Really enjoyed this breakdown guys, nicely done. You’re upping your game, ‘and’.
Another value play in the chrono world is any Grand Seiko Chrono, spring drive or high beat…. Vastly superior tech and value.
But it is not iconic and also is a pretty big watch. I do agree it is still a great watch
15.1k is not overpriced for the Daytona. I get that Rolex hate pays in terms of views but this is pushing it
I would avoid Breitling like the plague. My wife bought me one in 1996. Highly emotional sentimental value. I had it serviced a number of times over the years directly through breitling. Took it in recently for a repair. Keep in mind it's a mechanical chronograph. I got an email saying they could no longer get parts for my quartz watch. I brought the error to their attention and got another form letter that they could no longer get parts for an ETA movement. Somehow that doesn't seem possible. Breitling is decided they don't want to service their own watches. Imagine if you buy a Breitling today with all in-house movements and they refused to service it. Fortunately I had many other options for service on an ETA movement. I'm done with breitling.
Every watchmaker should be able to service an ETA movement, that's unacceptable..
Sam with Tudor will not service ETA they will replace the entire movement from selitta chronograph for older models.
Thats astonishing
@@mohnnadmercedes8246 I would have been totally fine with a complete replacement. That was not offered.
I think people here misunderstand. You have a neo vintage Breitling QUARTZ watch. I think that is where the problem is. Movements for quartz watches like the Breitling Navitimer Jupiter are no longer made. Especially movements that were used in Breitling Plutons which used a Digi-analog movement. Once those have battery leaks there is no easy way to source a movement replacement which is what it will need.
This would not be an issue with a MECHANICAL watch. There you will be able to service it in the future up to a certain degree. But that is the issue with all watches. Rolex for example will not service certain bubble back models because they no longer have the parts.
Great to hear you mention Sinn as it's a real tool watch with great specifications.
Sinn also has the 356 in a copper guilloche dial which when you imagine buying with the Zenith el primero and the Tag Heuer carrera for a second hand Daytona the conversion becomes redundant.
Getting my 1861 Speedy back. Can't wait.... would take that over any other chronograph. And compared to the new one these are almost half price...I just don't see a reason to buy the new one. And the bracelet pinches hair, which was a surprise when I tried one on recently.... so I'll wear mine on a strap anyway
Everything watch they listed suck. You know what I know cos none of them have one or would buy one. In their own collection Christian in particular. 42mm brietling? Come one mate you don’t wear anything other the 40mm down. Zero I mean zero chance you would ever buy it.
Wow...
You guys are still around?
The video was kinda a waste after both of you guys admitted people with Daytona money won’t buy anything else. I don’t know why people focus on the Daytona alternatives vs Speedmaster alternatives which there are a few you already suggested at less than £7500
IMO it’s a nice watch, a trophy piece. But I’m not in that bracket for a Chronograph watch, rather it be a dress watch
So Sam is the &???? Theo is Christian and Michael is Harris???
I love what this channel has become. It's brilliantly curated, great personalities and the passion shines thru.
Thank you. really appreciate it!
Breitling all day long.
I have a Navitimer and a gold Cartier tank.
Just love Breitling
How do you like the Navitimer?
Got a Navitimer since 1996, best Watch i ever owned 👍🏻 one time in service in the last 28 years, cant top that 👌🏻
@@steffenbaden-baden1274 That's awesome to hear!
IWC Pilot's Chronograph 41. Green Dial. Put it on the list.
I, like many have grown incredibly tired of the Rolex game. Until I can walk in to a Rolex AD and pick out watch without waiting a year, I think I have bought my last Rolex. Breitling on the other hand is making some amazing new products. Georges Kern has made the brand a real powerhouse again. I had not bought a Breitling in about 12 year (Navitimer was my last) In the past couple of months I bought a Chronomat and a Superocean. I can’t stop wearing them. I have had more compliments on the two Breitlings than I have ever had on any of my Rolex watches. Great video!
Well said. I love my new super ocean, I bought the rubber strap for summer in addition to having the bracelet. My submariner just sits in the drawer at this point.
Not a Breitling Guy but I totally get your point about Rolex. Tired of their politics..
Those Sinns are a foot thick, wear gigantic, unlike the Daytona....
Sinn - nein
Tag- ok maybe
Omega- yes but which one
Zenith - Yes I’ve been lookin
Breitling- uhh only new one would be the 806 reissue
Also: the Daytona is horrific legibility.
the new zenith is absolute fire
The other issue with Sinn is their website sucks. It looks like it hasn’t been updated since the 90s
Watches I would prefer to a modern Daytona:
Omega Speedmaster
Zenith Chronomaster and Chronomaster Sport
GP Laureato
PF Tonda GT
VC Overseas
Thanks for the vid! Please actually show your watches, during the "wrist check". Seeing it actually on the owner's wrist, reveals alot.
Criminal to not include the Tudor Black Bay Chrono in this. Easily the best alternative for the money.
I’m surprised you didn’t include the Tudor BB Chrono at about $5500 retail, and less pre owned.
It's a 200g, 15mm thick hunk of steel with minimal attention to quality control and the least wearable proportions I can think of. Spending $5500 to damn every saint every time you wear it is just torture.
I’m not sure “value” even comes into it in the luxury space. But I really enjoyed this video ❤
The Daytona with its integrated chronograph movement is what it is thanks to Zenith and the El Primero
Exactly! Then there's the people that say the el primero is trying to be a Daytona. Went it's actually they other way around
Tudor Black Bay Chrono and Zenith Chronomaster Sport.
Thank you!!!! So true in everything you say, and yes, I believe the Zenith is a more important watch, horologically, than the BORING Daytona.....(Dont get me started on the "Value" of a Daytona)...Elephant in the room....lets say what we all thinking, the Daytona is for people that have money and want others to know they have money....its by a Marketing company that happens to make watches...... now to wait for all the Rolex fans to come at me with pitchforks and fire!!! EVEN Hans Wilsdorf said Rolex is a brand/marketing company...The Founder of Rolex said that! So........😉
The closest you will get to a Rolex Daytona at a fraction of the price is a neo vintage Zenith El Primero Rainbow.
Tudor small block & big block :)
All these watches are great but the Daytona wears so much better then all of them because of the thin case. There's a reason the Daytona is 👑
Exactly. Don’t let that cheeky Harris fool you.
The new gold Zenith Chrono Sport is the best watch of 2024 and I challenge anyone to convince me it's not. But the $100,000 price point is a problem.
Great video! I highly agree with the choices you made. Breitling with their contribution to chronographs, Heuer with their history in racing, Moonwatch is timeless, and the fact that the Daytona housed an El Primero movement for over a decade.
I dont even want a daytona now because of the baggage.... purchased a JLC Chronograph recently. Looked at the Zeinth but didnt understand the 1/10th of a second gimic.
The Rolex Daytona is the best sports chronograph Jesus devised.
Agreed, thinner than the rest and maintains auto rotor when speedmaster doesnt.
Also screw down pushers where the alternatives mentioned don't.
Anybody else miss Michael?
Me too!
Great discussion. Thanks Guys! I think the Speedy FOIS is probably the strongest contender here...but lots of great options to consider.
That's an amazing watch.
I'd understand if you say 5980, RM72-01, RM11, AP Chrono, Moser Streamline beats Daytona
But these are lesser tier brands you're trying to get sponsorship from because there's no way RM would sponsor you. You're also preying on people who don't have the money for Rolex waitlist and APs, so you said these watches are better to make them feel good.
Absolute *MONEY GRAB* 🙄
Sadly neither one of you will buy any of those watches.
lol exactly at the end of the day they’re going to buy a Daytona
The Sinn 356 dials are so beautiful, but 15mm thickness for the sapphire (15.6mm for acrylic) makes it look silly on the wrist. And Sinn knows it, which is why they don't post any photos showing the thickness.
Thanks for mentioning Sinn! Their watches just rock and I love my 356 Flieger! Helmut Sinn was a fighter pilot, so it's definitely a legit watch.
If you’re paying 30K for a Daytona you deserve to get ripped off.
My god man the watches available at 30K are insane!
Little less mainstream but would get a Breguet XX. Heritage like crazy, great size, flyback Chrono, easily half the price of a Daytona. Got a solid gold XX last year on gold bracelet for way less than pre-owned steel Daytona.
Also, that Zenith chronomaster sport, gold, on strap, for less than 15K... Sexy.
My Zenith A384 is my Daytona replacement. Love it so much and don't desire the Daytona at all
Great episode. Thank you for not trying to follow trends like many other watch youtube channels are doing. Great curated videos.
For resale Daytona price you should be going haute holorogy - Vacheron Overseas Chrono, old 39mm Royal Oak Chrono “Kasparov”, Lange 1, etc.
If I was gonna spend 25-30k on a chronograph, it would be a Universal Geneve Nina or Clapton. I find it beautiful and more interesting than the Daytona IMHO. Also, for 15k, I can get several great chronos, like the Sinn 356, Nivada Grenchen CASD, and have money left over.
Hahaha, kid, if you truly believe a Selita or Breitling is "better" you drunk to much! That 4130 will be running without service three times longer than any of your proposals. You said Speedmaster? You mean the one made with the flimsy chinese bracelets??? Okay, you go first buy them, and then will talk, I stay with my Daytona...
I would have picked the Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph personally. While the dial is busy, it’s also unique the most unique and historic of the brand.
Otherwise, definitely the Speedy is hands down the better chronograph of the bunch. Not biased because I have the 3861 hesalite… lol 😅
Surprised that with zenith there was no mention of, or photos of the chronomaster sport. That model with the ceramic black bezel and white dial is extremely close to the aesthetic of Daytona
Rolex Daytona wasn't even able to be given away by Rolex a few years back THEEEEEEEEN Mr Paul Newman's sold for over $17mil THEEEEEEEN the world thought they were the greatest watch Zenith ever created and the people believed every Daytona was worth $17mil
Zenith Daytona beats the modern Daytona. It’s accurate, durable and readily available compared to new. I’d got with that over any of these. Also please stop saying “no brainer.” Especially when you are talking about an 8K Chronomat. Woof.
Wonder if the Daytona would have the same status/cult following if it didn't have the "Newman" association/connection? I bet not! And personally, would go for Primero over a Daytona any day of the week.
My Towson Watch Company Mission M250-2-b is a way better watch than all of these in my opinion. It only cost 2,500 and there is only a 100 made of each color. I have number 27.
I love the design of the Daytona I really do but………..there is no way I would buy one on the grey market at almost twice list……nah, which does mean I will never get one, unless all of a sudden Rolex falls out of favour and they can’t sell them anymore. It could just happen. They sure have not done themselves any favours in recent years with their reputation and horror AD stories of treatment being talked about a lot.
The Daytona is called the cosmograph. It wanted to go to the moon but didn’t make it.
Hey - I have a Daytona in my collection and I don’t represent any of those characteristics you described. I suspect your point of view could be generational. Best regards, Mr. Valjoux
The new gold speed masters are going for 40% retail. Unworn. The green dial moonshine full gold bracelet are going for $25k. Retail is $41k. Gold dial $5k higher
For me, collecting watches is a big sea of ideas and watches And maybe cheap watches give you the same quality and maybe better than expensive watches and this thing applies to cars we all know that Toyota more reliable than a Mercedes or a Bentley even in technological and luxury the Chinese cars are close there BUT its not all about that the fun with collecting watches its gonna be unaffordable it gonna be painful it gonna hurts! And these characteristics does not have with cheap watches and Cheap cars,,, some people will understand what I mean
I picked a Sinn EZM 3 over the Submariner even though i could afford the Rolex comfortably. They're amazing watches.
Dollar for Dollar, nonsense, the majority of people buy watches for there looks.
Apart from maybe the Speedmaster only a blind man would like the others more than a Daytona.
I own a Sinn 104 St with a blue dial on a leather strap and is one of my favorites on my watch box. Sinn watches is one of the best kept secrets "value for money" in the industry. Nice video guys, cheers!
GP laureato panda dial
The Sinn is a Honda Civic. Reliable, but anyone with money would never want to buy one. And Tag Heuer is getting into the Hublot territory. Dog shit
That Carrera was beautiful, and that Sinn was a nice every day tank….!
No one buys a rolex because it does anything mechanically, they buy it to show other people they have a Rolex. So an alternative doesn’t fit the bill and respectfully neither dies this video honestly 😂
Guys face the music. Most Daytona owners will most likely additionaly own manny of the alternative watches you mention by choice since money isn't much of an issue.
Tell me you’re sponsored without saying “I’m sponsored”
Damn. Skip this video bots
Just you have to wait for 2 to 3 months to get a Sinn but they are fabulous watch I have a titanium chrono GMT watch super accurate
Sinn(ZIN), terrible name, terrible logo. Simply never appeal to my design sensibility.
The Sinn Flieger 356 in white or grey is a no-brainer indeed. Beautifully simple and clean.
How are we not talking about the Bb chrono that has the same B01 inside
Dollar for dollar better then the rest of the list at that price point and design
Great video! Surprise no mention of Tudor. Perhaps Tudor fatigue.
I'm old enough to remember when Speedmasters were $700🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like Zenith watches but I can’t buy something that’s named after a shitty VCR
How about resale value? come on Daytona is way better than all the ones you presented 😅 it’s just my opinion
The tudor chronograph not on the list?
Zenith has another entry with the chronomaster, which should be the #1 imo
With Rolex, do you actually ever get in? I have 4 and still feel like an outsider.
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My next watch is the Omega Speedmaster Racing. And you don't have to spend 8 grand for one. The version I want, white dial and white subdials, can be had for ~$3,200-$4,000.
Love that watch.
Tag sells the Glassbox on a bracelet, they just don't list it on their site.
That Sinn is fuckin' hot! Beaut. I'd much rather have that than a Daytona.
Interesting episode and concept, but man there is a lot of BS in there as well
hold on, christian, sam, theo, harris? too many names to keep track of!
Curator of the Theo and Harris watch Shoppp 👌
Hype aside.
Every one of these alternatives have parts of what you want from a Daytona but non compare.
A Daytona is a critical clutch, automatic chronograph with 100m water resistance. 12.4mm thick and 39mm.
The thickness of the Sinn is 15.6mm. Oof
Tag is 14 mm thick.
Speedmaster is 42 and 14. Something thick with only 50 meters of WR.
Zenith comes the closest but non triple date has 4:30 date. Also thicker.
Triple calendar is cool! 50 meters WR.
The breitling?! 15mm thick and 42 mm.
Forget Rolex clout.
Zenith comes the closest I think but at the end of the day you are settling if what you have your heart set on is a Daytona. :)
Great video guys. Do you suppose the name just reading "Heuer" on the dial leaving off the "TAG" might change the perspective of the watch for some in a more positive light?
I would say yes - considering that many pieces tag makes now don’t have it on the dial. I reckon the only reason LVMH doesn’t drop the tag name altogether is that the brand has a large presence to the non watch world world
You guys had me until that Breitling 90s mall watch.
Tudor?
The Rolex Daytona will soon go down to 20,000.00
Those sinn are ugly and the bracelet looks cheap
I would take the Daytona over all of those watches .
in sell value is the anywacth can beat daytona?
NP, it's out of my price range. :(
I don't get what the deal is with Daytona. Rolex has some distinctly Rolex-y models but the Daytona looks exactly like every other chronograph from every other manufacturer. The Speedmaster looks like itself really so it is very distinct and that is a bonus. With prices skyrocketing, Speedmaster@$8,000? crazy, if you are on a budget, look for a Speedmaster Automatic. Massively cheaper, just as good, no hassle in winding it and better proportions.
Surprised no AP chrono not this list. Pound for pound even if you’re potentially spending more for some references it is better. Especially compared vs the non-retail price of a Daytona, and given AP has come off decently in the secondary market. You’re getting something that has a much higher “perceived value” and getting more recognition for having something special within and outside of the watch community.
I don’t think so. Daytona is beautiful and expensive relative to what? If money wasn’t an issue would you get the watches you are talking about or would you rather get a Daytona? The Panda Daytona trades for about twice Msrp because the authorized dealers know what they are trading for and are going to offer them to customers that have been loyal for many years and have an extensive purchase history and even with extensive purchase history it is not guaranteed that they are going to get offered the Daytona so a person might spend a couple hundred thousand dollars an they might not get offered the Daytona and because of that uncertainty the watch trades for such a high premium and Rolex is not going to start producing a ton of that model because they are more concerned with keeping their brand luxurious and prestigious now and a hundred years from now!
The JLC Polaris Chrono is worth mentioning as well, though I understand if you dislike it due to JLC's recent and excessive price hikes.
Bring back Theo
Who is Harris……who is on first
Sin you can’t be serious come on man