Is this nicer than a vintage Rolex Daytona 6263

[unknown]

Risky to say on a Rolex forum :D:D:D

The Zenith De Luca first series

* plexi
* El Primero
* first edition had dauphine hands and not the mercedes hands
* no screw down pushers
* not too many text on the dial (only Zenith and automatic, not 'El Primero' and 'chronograph')
* rectangular hour makers and no dots

Made in 1988 and 1989, other versions followed untill 1996.



http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/unknown10000/zenithDeLucablack7_zps622015fb.jpg



http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/unknown10000/zenithDeLucablack1_zps47436e94.jpg



http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/unknown10000/zenithDeLucablack4_zps1116b040.jpg



http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/unknown10000/zenithDeLucablack2_zps9fcf17b8.jpg


imo much nicer than this ...


http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/unknown10000/rolexdaytona_zps144df9ce.jpg


AND........... only a fraction of the price ;)

[Vastatio]

Nice watch, no question... but not at all as beautiful as a 6263. The dial of the Zenith is too overloaded in my opinion.

[EX-OMEGA]

If your headline is a question, I would say no ;)

It is not comparable imho, but the Zenith is still a very nice watch, i like the "de Luca", and your photos are great :gut:

[NicoH]

Well, your pics are definitely better than the pics of the 6263 ;) Thanks for that! :dr:

[unknown]

So I guess it's not :-)

How about this one ?



http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/unknown1000000000/zenithdelucawhiteb.jpg



http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/unknown1000000000/zenithdelucawhitee.jpg



http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/unknown1000000000/zenithdelucawhitei.jpg



http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/unknown1000000000/zenithdelucawhitec.jpg

[steboe]

I really like the movement and the Oyster bracelet...and the pics are nice as well:top:

[RBLU]

Very nice!

I consider the De Luca as a Submariner with a chronograph. :)
The turnable minute bezel indicates clearly the submariner heritage. One version had even the "Mercedes" indicators.

Cheers,
Bernhard