Rolex day date
I always thought my ultimate watch was a platinum ice blue dial day date. The other day I had the opportunity to try one and I couldn’t pick up my arm. So much for that idea.😢
I've never had the chance to try one on, but...
wearing comfort as a factor in desire for and enjoyment of a timepiece is very important (to me).
I own a DD40 Platinum
with the blue dial. I do not even know i have it on and I very small, very old and very weak. Just a contrary view.
This totally resonates with me but I ended up getting it. My recent experience...
I happen to be wearing that watch right now (though with "diagonal motif" blue dial) and have been wearing it daily for the past few weeks, ever since RSC returned it to me. I've been alternating it with the DSSD. Below you can see pics taken a few minute...
Beautiful watch...
...I wish they offered it with a fluted bezel : ) I looked online and didn't see one.
Fluted bezel doesn't bother me in isolation, but in context I prefer the plain bezel...
... because the fluted bezel screams "ROLEX" to me. The Day-Date is too recognizable with the fluted bezel. Like most folks, I rarely receive comments about watches. But a few days after I bought this DD40 in January, I was buying ice cream. As I was payi...