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Wow! Thank you Sam!! You are throwing more fuel ...
... to the fire!!
It´s a wonderful dial indeed! The patina on your dial is much prettier than the one I was shown. Yours got a beautiful uniform brown color.
The one I saw yesterday is lighter brown, and I believe not so uniform. Pretty and distinctive of course, but not so pretty as yours.
I´m trying to figure how to make a good offer to seller, but I regret I made too many investments this year and the budget is depleted. Will see what I can do.
Thank you so much for your additional pictures and good wishes!!
Cordial regards, Abel.
Rolex Daytona 6265 vs 16520
I have found some nice pictures of a 6265 vs a 16520 (credit Axl). Quite interesting to see the differences between the two watches. The 16520 bezel is too wide IMHO, to me it ruins the proportions of the Daytona. ...
the only one think i don't like...
...on the manual Daytona is the MK3 pushers. nice couple indeed. ciao
The 6265 is much, much nicer, IMO.
Less cluttered dial (way too many word on the 16520), better looking subdials and better looking overall. The only nicer thing on the Daytona is the diameter. 37 mm is really small for a chrono - 39mm would make the 6265 perfect. ;)
The 6265 diameter is perfect for my wrist...
...also, the rather large crown and pushers give it some extra size. But it's a matter of personnal taste for sure.
Very nice post DrStrong, thank you for the nice......
pictures. I do not find the bezel on the 16520 too large I think it is in keeping with the proportions of a larger case. To me the only tiny bit which I would criticise is the "cluster" look of the sub-dials on the 16520 compared to the 6265. If the movem...
Hello Jeff! Very interesting comparison...
... with great pictures to show the two versions together. I own about same watches, as I have a white dialed 116520, and a silver dial with black sub dials 6269 (from 1967) My feelings about these two watches is that though I love both, they are quite di...
Hello Jeff!! Thank you so much for the compliment...
... a big compliment coming from you! I appreciate that! So glad you love it! Thank you again, and receive my best cordial regards, Abel. I add another picture of the inscription! ...
An Interesting Comparison Jeff
While I agree that 6263/6265 have much better proportion, like all the other vintages are - compared to the new ones The watch itself, as a whole has it's own charm.. Especially when it looks like this Cheers Sam ...
Hello Sam! Very nice the Patrizzi dial! ...
By coincidence, just yesterday afternoon I was shown and offered an identical black dial/Zenith movement, Patrizzi dialed Daytona. It kept haunting me since then! Can´t get it off my mind!! Enjoy yours in good health!! Kind regards, Abel.
Thanks Abel!
It definitely haunts your mind... It was hard to resist when I was offered this before Hope to see one on your wrist soon! Sam ...
Wow! Thank you Sam!! You are throwing more fuel ...
... to the fire!! It´s a wonderful dial indeed! The patina on your dial is much prettier than the one I was shown. Yours got a beautiful uniform brown color. The one I saw yesterday is lighter brown, and I believe not so uniform. Pretty and distinctive of...
Good luck with the process Abel!
And thanks for your kind words on my Daytona.. It really is very nice to see a contrasting brown patina on this Daytona, makes it very enjoyable to be worn I wish you luck with the negotiation my friend Best, Sam
I agree with you on the bezel. This detail apart, I am in deep love with the 16520.
Which is in my eyes, a kind of best of both words. Maybe more qualitative, but less cool than a manual Dayto. The dial of the 16520 is very much my taste, too. Best, Nicolas.
6265...
......has the charm to me. I have had the pleasure of owning one once, but regrettably let it go. I think it is quite pure...if that makes sense. I see many have said that it is a perfect size. I am going through this debate in my head a lot. My wrist is ...
Ask Miranda! If I remember well, she... Errr, he has a nice 16520!
Or I can let you play with mine ( the Watch, eeeh, nor Miranda ) next time we meet! Best, Nicolas
She still has hers...
.....i need at least to try it on my wrist. To be honest, i have occasionally looked at the white gold current offering....a little flirty look every now and then
