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Daytona C, what a relief!

LemansBoiler
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My boss mentioned that he saw a black BNIB Daytona C about an hour south of me. I’ve seen drooling over pictures here and on IG for many many months now but had never seen one in person. I made the trip today.

I’m thrilled to say that it looked ridiculously small on my 7.25” wrist/really big hands. I won’t have to contemplate selling any organs for this particular SS watch. It looked so odd I didn’t even think to snap a picture.

Since threads are useless without pictures... This diamond clad, platinum day-date was really fun to try on and play with. It’s rediculous but extremely well done. Which of my organs would go for $144,000?

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Foo2rama
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While I’ll agree Daytona’s wear smaller then you would think. I tried on a Platona and was in love. Alas I didn’t take a picture.
 
Atalien2005
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I have to completely disagree with you. I have a 7.50” wrist and it doesn’t seem small on me, at all. In fact it’s the only watch I wear that people notice and I frequently receive compliments.
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cchen
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Diamonds aside, the size looks right on you
 
stevec14
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I didn’t find my black ceramic to wear small when I had one. It’s a great looking watch, albeit there are more practical chronographs out there. I assume that it was not at MRSP?
 
LemansBoiler
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stevec14 stevec14
I didn’t find my black ceramic to wear small when I had one. It’s a great looking watch, albeit there are more practical chronographs out there. I assume that it was not at MRSP?

A bit over MSRP. $23k plus tax.
 
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LemansBoiler LemansBoiler
A bit over MSRP. $23k plus tax.

I think that is about $10k above MSRP. 😲

That inflated cost made it seem small on your wrist!
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LemansBoiler
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Atalien2005 Atalien2005
I have to completely disagree with you. I have a 7.50” wrist and it doesn’t seem small on me, at all. In fact it’s the only watch I wear that people notice and I frequently receive compliments.
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I have to agree, it looks good on you.
 
LemansBoiler
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That’s even more expensive than a white Daytona C!

That’s what I said! The salesman didn’t bat an eye.

They also had a Batman, Jameson Cameron, 40 mm sea dweller, a Hulk, a skinny lug submariner and a fat lug submariner. By the pricing, it was clear they were very proud of all of them.
 
104RS
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Daytona's do look smaller compared to 6digit sport models like Subs and GMTs, personally I really like the sizing.
 
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