Day/Date wheel ?

[carwashchris]

Over the last 18 months looking at 4 digit DD's, it's apparent that 85% have wheel's in English. WHY ? Was the English speaking demographic Rolex's largest market ?

Compliments of Powerfunk, there are 26 different language wheels. Where are all the others ?

[HarryLime]

What's the source on the 85% figure? I have a bunch of cool foreign language day wheels in my collection.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by carwashchris

Over the last 18 months looking at 4 digit DD's, it's apparent that 85% have wheel's in English. WHY ? Was the English speaking demographic Rolex's largest market ?

Compliments of Powerfunk, there are 26 different language wheels. Where are all the others ?

Love the variety of DD languages. Fascinating.

The English leaning is probably the same reason that most of the Internet is in English - even if you're not a native speaker, you probably have some knowledge of the basics.

I'd struggle with a day disc in Arabic, for example, but someone from that part of the world would probably manage with an English disc.

[carwashchris]

Originally Posted by HarryLime

What's the source on the 85% figure? I have a bunch of cool foreign language day wheels in my collection.

There is no source, just my observations. What I tend to see is maybe 1 Spanish for every 10 English. Even when I'm searching overseas the English wheels are dominant.

I have recently seen a Dutch, Japan, Hebrew, Chinese.

Curious, what un-common wheels do you have ?

Thanks Chris

Zapokee : Like you I love the variations, wish there were more of them.