ubiquitous Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 There's just something about rose gold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Actually Rolex discontinued the RG, WG and YG Oyster bracelets for the DayDate / President this year. Sad but true Really? I knew the rg/yg oyster was gone, but thought you could still get the 73209 band as an option. I like the pres band, and its VERY comfortable, but it also looks very small. I stopped wearing it when my wife put it on and it looked the right size on her wrist The glacier is a whole 'nother watch... wouldn't care about the size if I had a glacier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 There's just something about rose gold... Yep, definitely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Yes, the glacier is just beyond the beyond of luxury to the hundredth power. To me, that watch is it - the ultimate platinum dress watch on a bracelet hands down. Add a strapped platinum offering from Lange (L1, Richard Lange, Saxomat, etc.) and a platinum Malte Chono from VC and you have the holy Trinity in 950... Really? I knew the rg/yg oyster was gone, but thought you could still get the 73209 band as an option. I like the pres band, and its VERY comfortable, but it also looks very small. I stopped wearing it when my wife put it on and it looked the right size on her wrist The glacier is a whole 'nother watch... wouldn't care about the size if I had a glacier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 anyone heard about a rep big day date? release? i mean 90% of reps sold are rolexs - so it must be on the to do list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Felt I should bump this. Andrew now has the Day-Date II's in 14 different colors/combinations. Trusty Day-Date II What do you guys think? I quite like this one: However I do feel that Rolex should have left the size at 36mm, more classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youpmelone Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Felt I should bump this. Andrew now has the Day-Date II's in 14 different colors/combinations. Trusty Day-Date II What do you guys think? I quite like this one: However I do feel that Rolex should have left the size at 36mm, more classic. am not buying anything which is not on an oyster bracelet.. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I would suggest going to an AD and trying on the real thing before buying this rep to be sure you like it. It is much different in person than the pictures. Worse, that is. I think many will be surprised at how big it wears for starters. It wears WAY bigger than 41mm and it is the way that it wears that is more strange. Big, clunky, imitative, and unrefined. Not words one is used to hearing in a Rolex description... And why they chosse to make it worse by placing the most elegant bracelet ever designed on a big bulky watch is even more disturbing. President bracelets are amazing and awesome - on 36MM Day Dates where they belong. At least Rolex would have the decency to put an Oyster bracelet on any watch they release that is 40MM+ in size. Why they would do so on the YMII and not think they would need to on the DDII baffles me. If you ask me, Rolex just dogged their brains out on this. Just terribly thought out. Or should I say after-thought out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Robbie I have to agree with you. I would much rather have that DD II in the standard 36mm size. In fact I have a very similar one on order. Recently I've been wearing nothing but my MBK Nautilus and Datejust, and I have to say, those are two beautifully designed watches. The DD and DJ are pure classics IMO, Rolex nailed it with those two in terms of a sports/dress watch. I still prefer the Nautilus, but I also love DDs and DJs. I'm also fortunate in that I have small wrists, so the DJ looks perfect for my wrist size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Yeah no doubt on the design, but even wrist size has little to do with it. My wrists are 7.5" and I'm 5'9" 160lbs with fairly broad shoulders for my size and athletic build. The point being that stature has more to do with wear size than anything else. A guy that is like Bytor's size, who is a powerlifter, is going to make the watch look small no matter the wrist size. Not much a big guy can do about that except to only wear it with suits under shirt sleeves. But if you are an average guy - even with big wrists like mine, the 36MM Rolex will not look small. It will wear smaller worn outside short sleeves and bigger outside long sleeves though. Consider this pic with my 7.5" wrists that show the whole watch and wrist. I doubt anyone would say the watch looks small on me at all. Anyone? Meanwhile, compare the shot of my same wrists with my 42MM Aquatimer, which of course wears bigger than its size being "all dial" so to speak. I think if one were evaluating these two pics he would say the AT looked big before saying the DJ looked small. And yet the consensus is that a 42MM watch is average in size these days. I love both sizes personally, but I still have to disagree with the general size consensus these days. Size is very relative... Robbie I have to agree with you. I would much rather have that DD II in the standard 36mm size. In fact I have a very similar one on order. Recently I've been wearing nothing but my MBK Nautilus and Datejust, and I have to say, those are two beautifully designed watches. The DD and DJ are pure classics IMO, Rolex nailed it with those two in terms of a sports/dress watch. I still prefer the Nautilus, but I also love DDs and DJs. I'm also fortunate in that I have small wrists, so the DJ looks perfect for my wrist size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIBOOWW2 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Did anyone on this forum ever get one. I do like the blue one Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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