WatchdivesWD16500
Homage to the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
about$119
Regular price at watchdives.com, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Watchdives WD16500 is a homage to the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, with a 38 mm case, 2 mm smaller. It uses a mecha-quartz movement and is water resistant to 100 m. Its Resemblance Score is 73 out of 100. It costs about $119 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 | WD16500 | Daytona (126500LN) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 38 mm | 40 mm | −2 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 46.6 mm | ≈ 47.7 mm | −1.1 mm |
| Thickness | 11.55 mm | ≈ 12 mm | −0.45 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 100 m | 100 m | |
| Movement | Mecha-quartz, VK63 | Automatic, 4131 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 72 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, clear AR coating | Sapphire | |
| Bezel | Fixed, Ceramic (a steel bezel on the dark blue version) | Monobloc, moulded tachymetric scale, Black Cerachrom ceramic | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Oystersteel | |
| Lume | Swiss BGW9 blue on dial and hands | Not published | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel, 20 mm, with screw-pin end links | 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 73
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Proportions15.9 / 30
- Case diameter4 / 122 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug4.7 / 81.1 mm apart
- Thickness5.1 / 60.4 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures34 / 40
- Black monobloc tachymetric bezel10 / 10Black tachymeter bezel with a "units per hour" scale on three versions in the official images; the dark blue version has a polished steel bezel.
- Centre seconds hand as chronograph hand6 / 6Central chronograph seconds hand, with running seconds on a sub-dial, per the brand.
- Screw-down chronograph pushers6 / 6Knurled pushers with a screw-down crown in the official images. The brand lists only the crown as screw-down; one reviewer says the pushers screw down too.
- White dial with black counter rings4 / 8The white version has black counter rings. The blue and grey versions have sub-dials in the dial colour or white.
- Oyster bracelet6 / 6Three-link steel bracelet in the official images, with a brushed centre and polished edges.
- Sharply cut lugs2 / 4Broad lugs with turned-down tips in the official images. Whether they are sharply cut like the original cannot be judged.
Functions and materials18 / 20
- Complications8 / 8Chronograph with three sub-dials and a central chronograph seconds hand.
- Bezel action4 / 4Fixed bezel, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4316L steel with a ceramic bezel on most versions. The original is Oystersteel with a Cerachrom ceramic insert, and the dark blue version here has a steel bezel.
- Crystal shape and date window4 / 4Flat sapphire crystal with AR coating, as on the original record (sapphire, no cyclops).
Movement type5 / 10
- Movement type5 / 10Related movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Compact 38 mm case that is 11.55 mm thick
- Sapphire crystal and a ceramic bezel on most versions
- Screw-down crown, and 100 m water resistance
- Bracelet with screw pins and a milled clasp
- Four dial colours
Less good
- Meca-quartz movement, not an automatic
- The brand does not say if the pushers screw down
- The dark blue version has a steel bezel, not a ceramic one
Versions and colours
- Sunray Light BlueIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $119
- Dark Blue/Steel BezelIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $119
- Sunray Black/Gray DialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $119
- White Dial/Black BezelIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $119
Earlier versions
- V1: The brand says V2 is noticeably slimmer and has a better finished bracelet with screw pins.
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.