SugessS418-2
Homage to the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
about$800
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Sugess S418-2 Chrono Racing is a homage to the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, with a 39 mm case, 1 mm smaller. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 50 m. It costs about $800 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 126500LN. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | S418-2 | Daytona (126500LN) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 39 mm | 40 mm | −1 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | Not published | ≈ 47.7 mm | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 12.5 mm | ≈ 12 mm | +0.5 mm |
| Lug width | Not published | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 50 m | 100 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, Peacock SL4801 | Automatic, 4131 | |
| Power reserve | 45 h | 72 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Sapphire | |
| Bezel | Tachymeter scale, Steel or ceramic, by variant | Monobloc, moulded tachymetric scale, Black Cerachrom ceramic | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Oystersteel | |
| Lume | Luminous hands | Not published | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel three-link bracelet | Not published | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
- ≈ Daytona, Lug-to-lug: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (47.6–47.8 mm); the maker does not publish it.
- ≈ Daytona, Thickness: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (11.9–12 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
Rolex
Daytona
Reference 126500LN, white dial, black counter rings
- Case
- 40 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- ≈ 47.7 mm
- Thickness
- ≈ 12 mm
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 4131
- List price
- $16,900
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter8 / 121 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness5 / 60.5 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- Black monobloc tachymetric bezel10 / 10Tachymeter bezel with a units-per-hour scale in the official images. Three versions have a black bezel as on the original; two have a steel bezel and one a brown bezel.
- Centre seconds hand as chronograph hand6 / 6Long central chronograph seconds hand with an arrow tip, visible in the official images.
- Screw-down chronograph pushers6 / 6Brand lists a screw-down crown and pushers; the pushers show lock nuts in the official images.
- White dial with black counter rings8 / 8The white-dial versions have three counters with black rings; other versions use different counter colours.
- Oyster bracelet6 / 6Three-link bracelet with polished centre links, with the same layout as the original's.
- Sharply cut lugs4 / 4Angular lugs with crown guards on a thick case side in the official images, close to the original's profile.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Chronograph with three counters: running seconds at 6, a 30-minute counter and a 12-hour counter, per the brand and reviewers.
- Bezel action2 / 4The brand does not describe the bezel. The official images and reviewers show a plain fixed tachymeter scale, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Brand states 316L steel. Three versions have a ceramic bezel as on the original, per the variant names and one reviewer, the others a steel or brown bezel.
- Crystal shape and date window4 / 4Brand states a sapphire crystal. There is no date window, so no lens, as on the original.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
Reviewers
From 3 reviews we read or watched.
The three reviewers who handled it rate the value highly. They praise the high-beat movement for a column-wheel chronograph at this price, the thin 12.5 mm case, and the finishing of the case, bezel and dial.
The bracelet gets mixed reactions: one reviewer calls the milled clasp with micro-adjustment one of the best parts, while another finds the bracelet jangly and sharp-edged and a third finds it slightly light. Two reviewers say the polished centre links pick up fingerprints, and one also saw micro scratches. Two dislike the S logo on the crown (one also on the clasp). One finds the lume modest and wishes for more than 50 m of water resistance, and two notice the rotor when moving the watch.
Good
- Automatic column-wheel chronograph movement at a low price
- Thin 12.5 mm case for a chronograph
- Milled clasp with micro-adjustment (praised by one reviewer)
- Sapphire crystal and screw-down crown and pushers
- Six dial and bezel combinations
Less good
- Polished centre links pick up fingerprints; one reviewer also saw micro scratches
- The S logo on the crown is disliked by two reviewers
- Bracelet felt jangly or light to two reviewers
- Only 50 m water resistance
- Lume is modest (one reviewer)
Known quality issues
Each reported by at least two independent sources.
- Two reviewers say the high-polish centre links of the bracelet pick up fingerprints easily, and one also reports micro scratches after wearing it.
Versions and colours
- Steel bezel, white dial, black counter ringsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $800
- Black ceramic bezel, white dial, black counter ringsFollows the Daytona 126500LN (white dial, black counter rings)about $800
- Black bezel, black dial, white countersFollows the Daytona 126500LN (white dial, black counter rings)about $800
- Steel bezel, black dial, silver counter ringsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $800
- Black ceramic bezel, black dial, silver counter ringsFollows the Daytona 126500LN (white dial, black counter rings)about $800
- Brown ceramic bezel, ice blue dial, brown counter ringsIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $800
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.