On this video, I'm gonna be sharing with you my latest purchase in my watch collection.
Now, I've been thinking about this for quite some time and I almost didn't even buy one,
but I finally caved in and got it, stainless steel Daytona ceramic bezel.
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Alright, so the Daytona is actually a very important watch for me.
I love that watch.
The last Daytona stainless steel that I had was the previous version that did not have
the ceramic bezel and it was with the white dial.
I actually really liked that watch.
I ended it buying it at that time.
It was like five years ago.
I paid around nine thousand dollars for it and ended up selling it for about $10,500
only because I was going to make a move and buy something else and I didn't know that
they were gonna end up rising to $15,000+, if not I would have definitely kept my traditional
Daytona stainless steel.
One thing about the Daytona that I feel is that it's very, very versatile.
Like, it's one of those watches that's a must in the collection.
Kind of wish I would have collected a Zenith as well.
I mean, Lord knows those are going for mid twenties, which is crazy considering at one
point they were seven thousand dollar watches.
So, not having a Daytona for the past three years has been a little weird because it's
almost like one of those go-to watches in steel when you wanna wear a nice piece, but
not overdue it, that type of watch.
So I've been following the ceramic bezel Daytona since it first came out and of course there's
two options.
You got the black dial or the white dial.
They're both really nice, but I think that the white dial version for me is the one that
I like the best cuz it's got that contrast and gives it a little bit of that look of
the previous version of the old-school vintage Daytonas.
So for me, it had to be the white.
Now, let's talk about how I got this, because that's an interesting story on its own.
OK, so I've been on the lookout already for the past couple of years for some type of
stainless steel chrono.
I was really in between the Daytona or perhaps an AP 41 steel.
Now, as you guys know the prices have been a little bit crazy on those watches.
I mean, there's not many deals.
I got guys calling me and saying, “Hey, I'm looking for a deal on an AP 41.”
I said, “there is no deals.
There's also no deals on a Daytona.”
I mean, let's just face it.
Markets crazy on these watches.
Stainless steel white dials going for $27,000.
I mean, I don't know if I would pay for that, especially since I'm in the business, so I
kind of work with my money, so maybe if I was more of a collector only, hobbyist and
I could overpay for it, then yeah why not?
I mean, some people have to have it.
That's what the market is.
We're only getting older.
You only live once, so you gotta get the watch while you can, but I kind of was in the market
to get one and by luck I actually stumbled upon one.
My uncle was actually on the list at one of the local ADs here in Miami and they actually
called him up and said they had a white dial Daytona available for him and I said, “OK.”
Now, he wanted it for him, but he had somebody that he was gonna flip it to, so to make a
long story short, with a little bit of a convincing I was able to meet halfway and buy the watch
a little bit over retail, just enough to convince me so I actually bought the watch and now
that I have it, I'm really excited.
I mean, I like the white.
I have worn the black before, but the white contrast is one that I like.
I don't plan on flipping, so it's not so much of an investment piece.
If it goes back down to retail, I'll be OK with that too.
I don't really care.
I kind of wanted the watch for me, so I'm really happy to finally have it and these
watches with this new bezel, it just completely changes it for me.
I don't know.
Something about those black circles in the middle on the dial and the contrast with the
black ceramic bezel that just goes perfect.
The new outline on the sub-dials, I think they did it perfect.
The previous version had silver rings on the sub-dials, where this one has the black.
For me it's a perfect watch.
I like it.
I think it's a great daily wearer.
Something like that.
My only concern is it's a ceramic Daytona, do you gotta be very careful.
I mean, I'm pretty good with my watches, but I don't know, it's just one of those pieces
that you gotta be careful walking through a doorway, hitting the door frame, perhaps
a seat belt on a car, stuff like that, because I really don't wanna deal with the bezel drama.
So that's the only thing of my concern.
I am gonna use it.
I am gonna keep it from my collection and I think with this I probably won't be needing
a stainless steel 41 AP at the moment.
Bro I actually love this watch.
I really got a couple of little scuffs here on the top, but that's part of it, you know?
I don't think I would have bought had it been the black dial.
Not that there's nothing wrong with the black dial, but this is the one that convinced me
to pull the trigger.
Another one of the details I like is how it says “Daytona” in red, you know?
I feel like they just completely change the watch.
I been after one for a while, but I just wasn't crazy about those prices.
I mean, it is what it is.
Maybe if I can afford it, probably I'll just pay those crazy inflated prices too.
I mean, I'm an enthusiast, but I'm not an extremist.
So I gotta do like a complete watch collection update one of these coming up videos, because
I have completely wiped out my collection in the past to do other investments and stuff
like that, and invest in other things and then I've gone slowly rebuilding it again
and getting the essentials, but I do feel that a stainless Daytona, if you're able to
have one in a collection, you know, it's different collections in different levels and stages
in the hobby, but it's a must.
It's just one of those watches man.
It's just, I don't know, I feel like a steel Sub and a steel Daytona is very important.
It's just one of those watches.
One of the things I gotta be careful with now is how much I'm gonna wear this thing.
I mean, I wanna use it and borderline abuse it, but I also wanna protect it too because
like I said, it's a little bit sensitive, so I don't wanna overdo wearing the watch.
Another thing is at least for me sometimes when I wear watches too much, too constant,
I kind of play them out and then I get bored of them and that's when you start getting
that whole vibe where you wanna like change the watch and get a different one, so being
that I have several to choose from, thank God, the Daytona is one that I plan to have
for a long time.
I don't plan to sell this one at all, so I already made that mistake one time even though
they rose and they got crazy money, but it wasn't about that.
It was just about that I didn't have one and I wasn't...damn, look at that boat...and I
wasn't able to get one now, so now that I finally have it I don't care what happens
with the market.
It can go up.
It can go all the way down, I plan to keep it and this is a keeper for me.
Alright, so stay tuned cuz very soon I'm gonna be doing a whole update on the collection,
you know I've sold, then what I have now and where I plan to take it, so that way you guys
can check it out and go on for the ride.
Also, on the last video, I had some suggestions on whether I should do more luxury goods and
I had a lot of responses actually, a lot of people said that maybe perhaps I should do
luxury goods.
I mean, for the guys that watch me for the watches, don't worry about it.
Of course I'm always gonna do watches, but I got some interesting ventures that are coming
up with some high end luxury goods and it's gonna be pretty cool to watch, so stay tuned
and you gonna come on the ride with me, so feel free to comment below how you feel about
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