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Is there a Daytona rep with a fully functional, reliable chrono?

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Undinist

I've been trying to find this out by searching but I got so confused by the different factories and movements and their pros and cons. Can someone pls  help  me out? Maybe you need to send the watch to be serviced if you really want to use the chrono as if it were a gen, and have the subdial hands line up properly when you zero them? Or is it all  a bit of a lottery?

Oh, and I don't mind if the case is too thick, but I would quite like it to be the right width.

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cqb777

A Trusted Dealer here at the forum offers a fully functional Daytona made of "Rolex steel" 904l

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Genius
11 minutes ago, cqb777 said:

A Trusted Dealer here at the forum offers a fully functional Daytona made of "Rolex steel" 904l

No they don't! 

It's not fully functional, and knowing Chinese marketing bollocks it might not even be 904l

Basically with the Daytona you can have reliable (frozen big second and no chrono)  or fully functional (sec at 6 modified 7750) you don't get both together

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Undinist

What if you buy option 2 and send it to watchrepairsuk

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deju

I’ll be honest, after the DD40 escapades, I don’t think you’d be happy with any Daytona rep, I know that the flaws even piss me off :lol:  literally the Newman is a grail, so I’m gutted. 

My advice is buy the Steinhart homage... amazing Gen sub a £1k. 

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Undinist

But I love my Noob DD40! If the dealer had sent what I asked for I would never have had any gripes! I just wish I had originally gone with Toro Bravo.

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Monkey_Business

I ordered the Yellow Gold version of the "902" Daytona. 

The modified A7750 has removed some geartrains and whatnot to make it slimmer. Makers claims it's more stable, and it's used in many IWC with @6 seconds with no severely reported issues. 
The minute and hour counter of the chronograph does not work, but the seconds hand moves around at least.. :p 

 

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Undinist
19 hours ago, 4pekatt said:

I ordered the Yellow Gold version of the "902" Daytona. 

The modified A7750 has removed some geartrains and whatnot to make it slimmer. Makers claims it's more stable, and it's used in many IWC with @6 seconds with no severely reported issues. 
The minute and hour counter of the chronograph does not work, but the seconds hand moves around at least.. :p 

 

OK, I give up, I can't work out what a 902 Daytona is! Perhaps you mean the so-called super clones which are supposedly made of 904L steel?  Would you mind linking to what you bought? 

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Mr_B

To put a short and sweet answer to your question OP. NO.

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Nikosaldente
2 minutes ago, Mr_baldwin said:

To put a short and sweet answer to your question OP. NO.

Of course there is......Go to an AD:rofl:

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Mary Watch

"904s" version with full function movement, i didn't hear this in market.

if you want to use a daytona forever,  it is impossible.

if you just want to play it for a few months, you can have a try the version with A7750.  maybe it can last 1~2 years, but this depend on if you are a lucky guy.  

 

or you can think of the vintage daytona with ST 19 movment which is manual movement, it is very reliable.  

 

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Chiquita Fanjita
20 hours ago, 4pekatt said:

I ordered the Yellow Gold version of the "902" Daytona. 

The modified A7750 has removed some geartrains and whatnot to make it slimmer. Makers claims it's more stable, and it's used in many IWC with @6 seconds with no severely reported issues. 
The minute and hour counter of the chronograph does not work, but the seconds hand moves around at least.. :p 

 

I'm waiting with baited breath to see this when it arrives :D 

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NCRich

To dream, the impossible dream.

 

This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or cause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly daytona rep

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GC
18 minutes ago, NCRich said:

To dream, the impossible dream.

 

This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or cause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly daytona rep

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...

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Nikosaldente
1 hour ago, NCRich said:

To dream, the impossible dream.

 

This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or cause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly daytona rep

 

42 minutes ago, GC said:

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...

Roses are red....

Violets are blue......

And a trustworthy Daytona Rep can't be true!:D

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SteveA

You could be lucky with the 7750 but they are thick.Ive been running a 7750 Bertie SA from Mary for four years but don't use the chronograph.

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tonyh7

Of course there are Daytona reps with fully functional chronos. They are all quartzers.  

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Undinist

Hmmm. I've just ordered a gold sub to slake my thirst. But sooner or later I will be compelled to buy a 7750 Tona and hammer the pushers day and night. I can't help myself. I love you and nobody else.  

 

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Undinist
2 hours ago, Mary Watch said:

you can think of the vintage daytona with ST 19 movment which is manual movement, it is very reliable.  

 

Thanks Mary, I wasn't aware of that option. Interesting....

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Mary Watch
8 hours ago, Undinist said:

Thanks Mary, I wasn't aware of that option. Interesting....

 

     

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k3rm87

My secs @6 Daytona a7750 crapped out in 3 months, (I did use the chrono a fair bit though). 

I have another mate with a newer 7750 Daytona, it's now a hand-wind. 

I think it's pretty safe to say that they are unreliable. 

Edited by k3rm87

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Monkey_Business
15 hours ago, Undinist said:

OK, I give up, I can't work out what a 902 Daytona is! Perhaps you mean the so-called super clones which are supposedly made of 904L steel?  Would you mind linking to what you bought? 

Shame on me. Of course I meant 904L. The new "A4130" super-slim ARF models. 

 

14 hours ago, Chiquita Fanjita said:

I'm waiting with baited breath to see this when it arrives :D 

Me too. Sadly, I haven't gotten QC yet. TD's blamed it on both crackdowns and slow supplier, so I'm holding my breath.

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Chiquita Fanjita
1 hour ago, 4pekatt said:

Me too. Sadly, I haven't gotten QC yet. TD's blamed it on both crackdowns and slow supplier, so I'm holding my breath.

Can't wait to see it and how it actually looks in member pics rather than TD photos.

1 hour ago, 4pekatt said:

This bad boy right here:

http://www.ttw-1388.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_6&products_id=17674

 

And yes, I know. The price :facepalm:

That's the fella there :D  You know there is a rose gold version out as well of this?  Think I prefer the yellow gold though.

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Monkey_Business

I wanted the RG more, but it's not released by the factory yet, so the wait for that one is far longer. 

If the estimates about the 4130 clone movement coming out next year, I'll go ahead and get one of those with RG case and chocolate dial :)

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