Arie - Mr Orange
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Day Date 40
As I was waiting for an extra link being added to my little 15202ST for summer I couldn't help trying on the new Day Date. Finally Rolex has made the perfect size Day Date. 40 mm! The 36 mm is for girls. And the Day Date II (41 mm) just looks wrong in any way possible. Funny how 1 simple mm can mess a watch up completely. I have this feeling that if Rolex would make a 40 mm Sky-Dweller it would get the attention it deserves.
Yellow Gold
Don't know which dial is nicer. This one, or the Roman numeral one? The Roman numeral dial is perhaps a bit more playful? On the other hand indices with applied lume are quite nice too right? Functional and cool. I always like seeing a bit of shiny lume in the dark. One thing is for sure; I was pleasantly surprised by this version. The yellow gold looks really cool (on me). Old Skool yes, but nevertheless certainly up to par and for some odd reason better than the rose gold version. Will Yellow Gold get a revival in the near future?!? Too bad no Sundust striped dial for this one. Wonder how that would look.
Platina
My favorite! Sigh.... Love that dial. Playful. Summery. Pop Art/Comic like. Modern/youthful. The price tag however is a bit disturbing. In several ways. Plus it is a very heavy piece. Literally. Feels like you have got a brick on the wrist. Will that be annoying long term? Or would one get used to it? The bracelet is heavy too so that does give it balance. It is not top-heavy. The metal colour makes it a more everyday kind of watch than YG or RG. And the diagonal motive dial (as Rolex calls it....I would call it Pop-Art motive) design makes it even more versatile. I would like to have one. This trying on session made me greedy.
Rose Gold
This picture didn't turn out not that great colour wise (phone-pic). It looks like yellow gold, but it is the rose gold one. This watch does not suit me. It was the one (after the platina) I (thought) I liked best (with the sundust striped dial), but after having it on the wrist I would definitely favor the YG one. To my own surprise mind you. That just shows how important it is seeing a watch in the metal and not only online or in a magazine. Oh and Rolex...if you are reading this (lol) please make a silver Sundust striped dial! That would look perfect in the Everose case. Just saying.
This message has been edited by Arie on 2015-07-18 16:01:49
Day Date 40
As I was waiting for an extra link being added to my little 15202ST for summer I couldn't help trying on the new Day Date. Finally Rolex has made the perfect size Day Date. 40 mm! The 36 mm is for girls. And the Day Date II (41 mm) just looks wrong in any...
If 36 mm is for girls, then all the Daytona Paul Newman and Explorer Lovers will be happy
To know that they are girls... Even if I am sure that there are some girls among the owners. 36 mm is quite an elegant size, Arie. Especially for a Day Date, which is a dressy Rolex. Now, I agree with you that it is mandatory to see watches in the real be...
I agree with Nicolas,
36 mm is the perfect size for an elegant, subtile dresswatch. I never liked the 41mm version, and not impressed with the new one, but it is more harmonized than the 41 mm one. But the real classical is the 36mm! Yours, Adam
:-o never should have said the word girls
not that there is anything wrong with girls ;-) Keep in mind that I am not talking vintage, but modern Rolex. And when it comes to a modern choice I feel that 36 mm is too small (ok ok depending on wrist size). But on my Western European farmers-wrist ;-)...
I don't mind
Already figured so much. Did try a Day Date before (with the green dial) and found it too smal. On my wife's wrist that size is perfect. She liked that particular watch a lot btw :-/ But I thought that perhaps on a bracelet it could look a bit more suitab...
Without side by side comparison, I honestly don't see any differences..
Without side by side comparison, I honestly don't see any differences between the 40 and the 41... Looks great on you thou! Get the one that you like (I mean the dial).. The dial really makes the watch! Go platinum since that's your favorite, your first c...
Thanks very much for the pictures and your thoughts, but...
perhaps a bit more circumspection is in order? "The 36 mm is for girls." Many would disagree and some might take exception to such a blanket assertion. "And the Day Date II (41 mm) just looks wrong in any way possible." To you, perhaps. To others, maybe n...
We don't have to all think alike
or agree. That would be very very boring.... Enjoy your new addition!
Agree
I'm merely suggesting perhaps slightly less provocative and absolute pronouncements, that's all. We all have our own views and likes and I fully get and respect that. Regards This message has been edited by kkwn98 on 2015-07-25 06:42:28
day-date II amazing and not wrong :)
There are a lot of proud owners of the day-date II :) Ok you don't like but I don't think that it is/was wrong. It has a lot of wrist presence and is not for everyone but heh it is the president watch and sometimes discretion/under-statement is not requir...