With a (great) little help from a friend...

[rebec1]

I was able to get this R serial gold zenith Daytona with porcelain dial.

No words and certainly not my poor photographs can explain the magic of this dial especially on a gold watch.

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Thank you so much Werner !


Best,

Eric

[Der Hanseat]

Very nice..... big congratulations..... :verneig: :gut:

[red_sub]

Congrats Eric!! :]

Sehr schöne Uhr, durfte sie live bewundern... ;)

[Smile]

Original von red_sub
Congrats Eric!! :]

Sehr schöne Uhr, durfte sie live bewundern... ;)

Oh NOOOO !!!! ... habe meine noch, aber war mir ein grosses VERGNÜGEN, Eric auch zu einer zu verhelfen !!!! ;)


Eric, this is one of the nicest Rolex ever made - BIG CONGRATS, MY FRIEND !!!!
And YES, impossible to show the Porcelain Effekt on scans ... one has to go outside
in the sun and then your heart goes HOT !!!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/ggatsby/sta8.jpg

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[daytonasub]

one of the hottest daytonas, i really like it.


regards

Frank

[bullibeer]

Woow Eric,.. you have great friends ;) my friend!!!!

Thankis for all,.. can't thank you enough,.. and hope to see you even so,.... and see this beauty some day!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Bernhard

[retsyo]

Congrats to very great watch! :gut:

[alicia]

:dr:....anytime.....it's mine

[rebec1]

Original von bullibeer
Woow Eric,.. you have great friends ;) my friend!!!!

Thankis for all,.. can't thank you enough,.. and hope to see you even so,.... and see this beauty some day!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Bernhard

Well Bernhard I certainly hope to see your next beauty as well. Can you sleep? ;)

Amicalement,

Eric

[svendocino]

One of the few Daytonas I consider beautiful. Very beautiful, to tell you the truth! Congrats.

[red_sub]

@ Werner

Ahhhh, dacht schon!!

[mller]

hallo eric,

nice to meet you in munich

many concratulations. you got a beautifull watch.

i am not sure which one is nicer!!!

http://i31.tinypic.com/2s7ctfr.jpg

gold or steel???????


rgds
dieter

[Rolifan]

:gut: :gut: :gut:

[416rimless]

The porcelain dial and r-serial.....a dream!

[bullibeer]

Original von rebec1

Original von bullibeer
Woow Eric,.. you have great friends ;) my friend!!!!

Thankis for all,.. can't thank you enough,.. and hope to see you even so,.... and see this beauty some day!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Bernhard

Well Bernhard I certainly hope to see your next beauty as well. Can you sleep? ;)

Amicalement,

Eric

Yes of course,... you will see,... love to share these beauties,... and i'm so looking forward to see some others!!!!!!! ;)

[ehemaliges mitglied]

Hi guys,

from the pictures it is difficult to tell the difference between a porcelain dial and a normal dial? How long were these porcelain dial daytonas made? When were they made? Do they all have the Zenith movement? Does it state on original papers that the watch has a porcelain dial?

Thanks for any answers, Boris

[miboroco]

8o Wunderschön!!!! :dr:

[neunelfer]

Wunderschön, Gold und Porcelain dial, ein Augenschmaus!!

[mller]

from the pictures it is difficult to tell the difference between a porcelain dial and a normal dial? How long were these porcelain dial daytonas made? When were they made? Do they all have the Zenith movement? Does it state on original papers that the watch has a porcelain dial?

hallo boris

you will find this dials in the first zenith daytonas only.
the steel version porcelain (16520) you will find in the R series,
the gold version porcelain (16528) in the R series and in the early L series (L2...). they all have the mk1 bezel (until 200 units only)
you will not find any statement on the papers.

rgds
dieter

[rebec1]

"Porcelain" is just a just a way to explain this dial deep and special shine. It is really obvious when you see a white dial and a porcelain dial side by side.

Apparently it was only found at random in a early R serial Daytona (maybe some very early L as dieter stated)

Beautiful but very (very) fragile when it is manipulated , at least much too fragile by Rolex standard and maybe only a "prototype" tested in a pre serie and then deleted..

Cheers,

Eric

[jean]

imho the most beautiful daytona ever!!

is it possible to purchase a porcelain dial and to fit it into a "normal dial" gold zenith daytona and if yes, what would be the cost for it?

[klobi]

Congrats from me, too.

This watch has IMHO a much higher "jewlery"value than some other crowns which carry all types of gem stones.

A real master piece. A treat to watch !!! :gut: :gut:

[rebec1]

Original von jean
imho the most beautiful daytona ever!!

is it possible to purchase a porcelain dial and to fit it into a "normal dial" gold zenith daytona and if yes, what would be the cost for it?

Yes Jean, if you are persistent , have good friends with good connections, you will certainly find a "porcelain dial" . IMHO it is more a question of patience and dedication than pure money.

Like Dieter said in an earlier post, the dial will only be "at home" in an R serial or a very early L serial ( less than L 200 000)Daytona.

The price is hard to foresee but maybe there are porcelain dials owners that are not aware of their good fortune...

Good hunting,

Eric

[mller]

hallo jean,

it is hard to find an original porcelain dial and be carefull, because there are allready some fakes around!!!!!!!!!!!!

recently in an other forum a dial in average condition was sold for close to 10k within a minute!! if you are looking for a dial in good to very goog condition i only can say hurry up.

these dials will be the paul newmans dials of the future. much more atractive and much, much rare!!
and also the gold version (16528) is totaly undervalued.

you only have to compare the value of a 6263/65 and the value of a 6263/8 or 6265/8

rgds
dieter

[Volvoman]

Zwar nicht so schön für manche in Stahl/Gold aber die einzige TT die ich je haben möchte LOL!!

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