Timeline from Gareth seems accurate/sensible.
If there ever was a time to increase the size of the Daytona it will be then. Will be interesting to see if they do change the size-- doubtful but almost possible.
I fear this thread will hit my wallet.
But you only live once I guess and what a way to go. Work in progress…
Regarding the two different icy blue dial variants etc does anybody know the price difference?
I think diamond is 65k list non diamond cheaper
£60,650 for the regular Platona and £65,700 for the baguette hour markers according to Celebwatchspotter on IG.
Thanks - wasn’t sure how big a gap between the two models.
Both dials nice - diamond one not as blingy as I thought.
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This.
I find the Daytona a disappointment, not that I'd ever be in the market for one now, but there was a time, years ago, when I looked at them and I decided it was too small, as someone else mentioned.
ETA, Is it the brown and blue one? Personally, I find.that combination abominable!
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
No, I absolutely wouldn’t. No, thank you. Daytonas just don’t work for me, and this is, imho, the worst version of it
I wouldn't.
Personally, I have never seen the attraction of a Daytona.
If I was going Platinum on a Rolex it would have to be one of the new Day Dates, with fluted bezel.
Nice dilemma, difficult to choose between the two and I would appreciate both. I would say they are roughly equivalent in terms of heavy hitting-ness within watch circles and that’s also reflected in dealer prices. How hard is the platinum Daytona to get from AD? What level of customer do you have to be to be even considered for one of these?
The score so far...
I've been reading this thread with some interest and I subjectively thought that the "yes, trade" advice was in the majority.
I decided to tot up the scores where posters had made a clear distinction about whether or not they would trade a 5711 for a Platona. Here is the perhaps surprising result:
Keep 12 Trade 6
The keepers have it, so far (where a clear opinion on trading was proffered).
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I would have thought that a person with the ability to buy a watch at £55k over retail would be the same person with the ability to have a big spend list at an AD and therefore have an option to buy one at retail. Hard to fathom a difference between the two even thought seems that there must be one.