18K Day/Date President M Series

[bmackinlay]

Question for someone: On the above watch, how many Points are there on the crown and how many balls below the points? Bill

[SPACE-DWELLER]

The same as usual, of course:

The Rolex Coronet logo won't EVER be altered!

Look at my signature, and you have the answer!

[bmackinlay]

Bo, but what about at the bottom of Coronet, how many dots are there?

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Oh, sorry, here's an overview:



There should be a two dots.

[yachtsales]

I have the line under my crown on my DD???

[SPACE-DWELLER]

That's strange. Should be dots:

Pics! CLICK!

[waltk1026]

My YGDD is an F series and has 2dots. Same as in Bo's pics.

[maverick]

Line is OK same as 2 dots. =) maverick

[bmackinlay]

Thanks,I just noticed on the new President it only had two balls like most of us ,but on my GMT Master II SS "C" it has three balls!!Bill

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by yachtsales

I have the line under my crown on my DD???

On all the modern day Rollies, a LINE indicates that it is a TWINLOCK crown.

3 dots indicates that it's a TRIPLOCK crown.

JJ

[Andad]

Hi Bill,

Am wearing my DD this weekend. Tried on a YG GMT II Anniversary with black dial a few weeks ago at my AD. It is a huge chunk of gold compared to the DD. Mine has the single line.
What are your plans?

Eddie

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Eddie,

what clasp style has your DD?

Like this?



I ask since apparantly the new style clasp was not introduced in 2000 with the other updates for the DD (like your 118238), but first came later (P-series), but I am still not sure if this is true or not.

Also, it has been brought up here that the new clasp style might be proned to wear and result in a clasp that opens accidently all the time. The old-style clasp had a feature where you could adjust the snap.

What is your experience from using the clasp?

[Andad]

Hi Bo,

Mine is a 'N' and has the old clasp, which I prefer.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Hi Bo,

Mine is a 'N' and has the old clasp, which I prefer.

Ah, I see. Well, then naturally it would have the old-style clasp.

Yours just looks like a 118238 with the polished lugs, but now - on closer inspection - I can see that the case has this special cut out section where the lugs attach to the case that the new DD hasn't got:




And the 18238:

[Triple Black 88]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

Ah, I see. Well, then naturally it would have the old-style clasp.

Yours just looks like a 118238 with the polished lugs, but now - on closer inspection - I can see that the case has this special cut out section where the lugs attach to the case that the new DD hasn't got:

Bo, the fully polished case is usually the first thing I look at to determine 18238's from 118238's. The second thing I look at is the hands. I thought that Rolex switched to the "all Gold" hands along with all of the other updates with the 118238 model was introduced "P" series. But I noticed that your pic of the 118238 has the older style hands with the white lume stripe. Was that watch altered???

[Boopie]

There is a line below the coronet on the crown of my ladies' YM. Rolex told me that the ladies' model has the twinlock, but the men's version has the triple-lock, because of the size difference of the watch.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by Triple Black 88

Bo, the fully polished case is usually the first thing I look at to determine 18238's from 118238's. The second thing I look at is the hands. I thought that Rolex switched to the "all Gold" hands along with all of the other updates with the 118238 model was introduced "P" series. But I noticed that your pic of the 118238 has the older style hands with the white lume stripe. Was that watch altered???

No, the all-gold hands are optional. The SL stripe on the hands of the 118238 is still made.

[Triple Black 88]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

No, the all-gold hands are optional. The SL stripe on the hands of the 118238 is still made.

Good to know...thanks for the info

[Gaijin]

Originally Posted by bmackinlay@earthlink

Question for someone: On the above watch, how many Points are there on the crown and how many balls below the points? Bill

Oh yea. I always knew Rolex had balls!

[daunwaun]

Originally Posted by KansaiVet

Oh yea. I always knew Rolex had balls!

[ashu2289]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

Ah, I see. Well, then naturally it would have the old-style clasp.

Yours just looks like a 118238 with the polished lugs, but now - on closer inspection - I can see that the case has this special cut out section where the lugs attach to the case that the new DD hasn't got:




And the 18238:

Awesome Rolex:thum bsup:

[watchnut]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

No, the all-gold hands are optional. The SL stripe on the hands of the 118238 is still made.

Bo, I'm curious as to what you mean by "optional". Is there an additional charge for them? Are they considered more desirable? What's up?

[maverick]

This is a little older. The line is the same as two dots, just different sytles from different time periods. =) maverick

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by watchnut

Bo, I'm curious as to what you mean by "optional". Is there an additional charge for them? Are they considered more desirable? What's up?

Optional in this case means that you can order that you can order a DD with those hands' style through your AD. I don't think there would be an extra charge. It is just a different style.