Lucky for us, Omega updated the Speedmaster at the beginning of 2021. It lacks a few of the features that make the Daytona the Daytona, namely an automatic movement and ceramic bezel, but what it doesn’t have there it makes up for in purity. Decades of history, went to the moon, etc. Of course, this is the other chronograph from a major Swiss watch brand. With that, let’s take a look at a few alternatives to the modern Rolex Daytona ref. A chronograph where the waitlist is measured in months and not years at least. A watch that anyone can walk into a boutique and just get. Since the Daytona is essentially ungettable, the “serially-produced” is also key here. Of course, no other watch will get as close to the hype of a Daytona, but an alternative should try to approximate it as best it can. Something that makes it desirable and attractive, to watch and non-watch people alike. Even harder is to find a watch with that “it factor” the Daytona certainly has. That is, a serially-produced chronograph with: a 40mm(ish) steel case, contrasting ceramic bezel (okay, we’ll allow aluminum too), and an automatic chronograph movement.
After struggling to explain the supply shortages for modern hype watches like his dreamy Daytona that plague the industry in 2021 A.D., I finished with “there are plenty of alternatives to the Daytona that you can buy, no problem.”īut, I soon realized I had some trouble identifying a true alternative to the Rolex Daytona. But, a friend of mine who doesn’t know much about watches, but knows that he “ wants a Daytona” recently asked me where he could buy said Daytona. Okay, I’ll admit, it’s a bit clickbait-y.
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