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22 February 2008, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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John Holbrook's Day-Date Review
Enjoy reading it guys/gals rolexreferencepage.com/Daydate/review.html
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22 February 2008, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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It's a great review. I looked at that very watch at an AD yesterday. Very heavy. I'd say heavier than an SD. Too small for my 8" wrist though.
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I've never seen that watch from close. Do you think that this watch would look small on a 7 1/2 " wrist?
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Maybe a little small. from looking at your avatar with your wrist it would probably look ok. And it was only $22,500. Lunch money right? Way too rich for me.
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You know the funny thing is that 22,500$ are 15,192 euros and that's the list price in the US. The list price for that specific watch here in greece is 22,500 euros (33,323$) which is quite scary
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Velitsko, my wrist is 7" and the watch looks too small for my wrist.
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So i guess someone should have a wrist smaller than 7"
I think that rolex should start producing a 40mm DD.
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On my 7.5-8" wrist, the watch seems a bit smaller than what I'm used to, but it's super heavy and a decent size for a dress watch.
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The thing is that i got used to the big Ceramic bezel with the huge numbers and any other rolex watch looks small to me
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Anyway, very nice review! And thanks for sharing! I looked in vain for the information that the current Day-Dates are the ONLY Rolex watches made with a slightly DOMED sapphire crystal, though. And IMHO he could also have mentioned that the bracelet got updated in year 2000, resulting in SOLID centre links (in fact, the centre links on the predecessor DD's did not have solid centre links. They were hollow inside, but looked solid from the outside). As a sidenote, the new clasp did not come together with the other updates in 2000. It came with the K series (possibly late P-series). See about the Basel 2000 news here.
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Thanks a lot for the info and the link Bo
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[QUOTE=SPACE-DWELLER;470266]Strange that I haven't seen that review before. I often visit John's site. Is it a fairly new review?
Hi Bo In answer to the above, its been on John's page for about 2 - 3 weeks. I don't know how you do it, but you always amaze me by coming up with all these different links, you certainly have a great wealth of knowledge. |
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My AD has had a pre-owned YG DD in the display case for a while now. For $17,000 it'll probably be there for a while.
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Is the entire watch 18k gold?
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I think that looks great in WG.
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I have always loved the DD model, especially the 118238 (YG, fluted bezel).
I tried one on at an AD some months ago. I have a 7 ½ and IMHO the DD does not look small on my wrist:
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23 February 2008, 12:10 AM | #21 |
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My father owned a DD. I would probably not wear a watch like that. You may remember that I sort of scoff at people lamenting the blinginess of gloss dials and WG hands and polished center links, but a gold watch on a solid gold bracelet is too much for me.
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Bo, do you typically wear your watches above your wrist bone (elbow side) as it looks in your pics or below the bone similar to guy in the tutorial? IMO...the smaller watched (DD/DJ) look better below the wrist bone or on it...NOT above it.
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23 February 2008, 12:32 AM | #23 |
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I _always_ wear my watches ABOVE the wristbone:
Watch > wristbone > hand I hate when the watch is obstructing my hand movements and the crown is touching the overside of my hand.
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I think that why I don't like the sport models as much. When I wear it below the wristbone (which is where I find it most comfortable) the crown constantly diggs into my hand, similar to how the WG DD does in the tutorial pic. |
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I actually found this review about a week ago and was glad to see John had added it to his site! Lovely watch indeed! Ahhhh, gotta love that rhodium!
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Holbrook writes well and his camera work is up there with some of the best!!
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By todays watch standards the DD and any 36mm is small.
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Actullay holbrook is preparing a macro photography book for dummies
I 'll have to buy it
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I just measured my wrist and it's 7 1/2". My 118239 fits perfectly.
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A stunner in WG. I tried on the platinum with ice blue dial and man is that a heavy watch. Beautiful and solid. $40,000 +. I think if you could get the white gold with the ice blue dial and Romans that would be the bomb.
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