The Platona with baguette diamond markers is the top of the Daytona line. Ice blue dial, chestnut brown bezel, and now baguette-cut stones replacing the standard markers. It is the rarest configuration of the rarest Daytona, and the baguettes are what set it apart from the standard 126506.
| Spec | Detail |
|---|---|
| Factory | VS Factory (VSF) |
| Reference | 126506 (Daytona, Platona, baguette diamond dial) |
| Movement | DD4131 automatic chronograph, fully functional, 1:1 architecture |
| Case dimensions | 40mm diameter |
| Material | 904L steel polished to simulate platinum |
| Bezel | Chestnut brown Cerachrom with metal edge ring |
| Dial | Sunburst ice blue with chestnut brown subdials and baguette-cut diamond markers |
| Bracelet | Oyster, polished center links, Oysterlock clasp |
The dial. Ice blue sunburst with baguette diamond markers. The ice blue is the platinum signal, and the baguette-cut stones replace the standard markers. Baguettes are rectangular cuts, which read more structured and formal than round diamonds. They sit against the ice blue and catch light at sharper angles. The chestnut brown subdials stay the same, with the narrower rings of the new generation. The baguettes are the one detail that separates this from the standard Platona, and it is the detail that makes it the grail of grails.
The platinum look. Steel polished to read as platinum, same as the standard 126506. The high-polish finish gets the bright white gleam, but the weight difference from real platinum is unavoidable. The baguette dial is worth more than the standard, and the case is still steel underneath.
The bezel. Chestnut brown Cerachrom with the metal edge ring. The brown matches the subdials, and the tachymeter scale is filled in platinum PVD.
The movement. DD4131, the VSF 4131 clone. Column wheel and vertical clutch, fully functional chronograph, smooth pushers, matching thinness.
The bracelet. Oyster with polished center links and the Oysterlock clasp.
The takeaway. This is the most exclusive Daytona configuration VSF replicates. The baguette diamond markers on the ice blue Platona dial put it a step above the standard 126506. It is for a collector who wants the rarest version of the rarest Daytona and is willing to accept the steel case for the look. If the standard Platona is the grail, this is the grail with the dial turned up. The baguettes are what you are paying for, and they are the only reason to pick this over the baton version.