One Watch Collection: Explorer or Datejust

[ganagati]

Originally Posted by Kyle3130

Explorer. Gig 'Em

I think you misspelled Boomer Sooner....

OP - if you can live without the date, go for the explorer!

[Kigan]

Explorer.

[NoVaSubowner]

DJ. 36mm. With an Oyster bracelet you can wear the watch with practically everything. The new model run is especially nice with the latest 70 hr movement. The new dials that removed the track marks outside the indexes give it a retro look. Really nice watch. As a matter of fact I liked it so much, I put my money where my mouth is...
The 36 mm is an icon. As much as I wanted to like the DJ41. It wasn’t the original classic.



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[NoVaSubowner]

7.75 inch wrist btw

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[HogwldFLTR]

The Explorer has the Mercedes Hand and lumed second hand whereas the DJ has a date. If night legibility is your thing then the Exp otherwise the DJ.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by aggierolex

What if I'm neither. Can live without a date but always have to wear a watch.

Is there any way you can swing both? It would make a very versatile combo

[Brovsko]

I struggled with this same question and ultimately the Explorer won out. To me it really is the "perfect" watch and far less common than a Datejust.

[strafer_kid]

Gotta be Explorer

[tymonster]

Fluted bezel on the datejust is a little too flashy for me. I'd go Explorer all the way

[Juicemt]

I've got a fluted DJ on jubilee with a blue dial (36mm). It's amazing and the perfect everyday watch for my work lifestyle. I'm considering a 114270 for weekend/casual life now, as I think the 214270 is too large on my wrist for a 3-hander.

My feeling is that you should get the DJ for your wedding watch. Dress it up a little (fluted, jubilee) and then later consider adding a casual/dressed-down explorer.

[Joe_Row]

The Explorer...steeped in history, flies under the radar and will hold value better through the years.

[Meyrin]

Explorer, as I´m clumsy and reckon it will take rough treatment better. IMO it would be a shame to mistreat a beautiful watch like the DJ...

[12o'clockhigh]

As your future bride. Might as well set the precedent now.



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[Juicemt]

Originally Posted by Joe_Row

...and will hold value better through the years.

Irrelevant

[12o'clockhigh]

Originally Posted by 12o'clockhigh

As your future bride. Might as well set the precedent now.



Sort of...

That was supposed to be "Ask your future bride..."

[chillwill120]

I'd go with the datejust. I owned a 36mm Explorer and still own a datejust. The Explorer is a very nice watch, but it just felt a little too small for a sports watch. The datejust is also 36mm but I think the dressier look works in that size.

[aggierolex]

Originally Posted by 12o'clockhigh

That was supposed to be "Ask your future bride..."

That's what I figured. She said the DJ looks like an old man watch and the Explorer is too much like my current watch, Tag CK1110-0. She has a point with both having Mercedes hands and black dials. Not much help though haha.

[nicky77]

Datejust, since you get a date

[Kyle3130]

Originally Posted by ganagati

I think you misspelled Boomer Sooner....

OP - if you can live without the date, go for the explorer!

Na, I don't live there by choice. The Air Force stationed me there.

[Luther89]

DJ without hesitation. The explorer is underwhelming IMO

[logo]

Originally Posted by aggierolex

That's what I figured. She said the DJ looks like an old man watch and the Explorer is too much like my current watch, Tag CK1110-0. She has a point with both having Mercedes hands and black dials.

You will be an old man sooner than you’ll be young again.

Also, it’s definitely not an old man watch - get it in 41mm with an oyster bracelet and there’s simply no way the watch would be perceived as such. I don’t see the appeal of the explorer 1 as a one and only Rolex. It’s an oyster perpetual with different dial and different hands for an extra $1000 beyond the OP, and in my view the OP does double duty (dress up or dress down) better than the explorer can. Explorer is nice to add if you have other different things, but certainly not the pick of the masses for a one and only.

There’s a reason why the DJ is the best selling Rolex, despite what the forums here would have you believe.

[TswaneNguni]

DJ41

[aggierolex]

Originally Posted by logo

You will be an old man sooner than you’ll be young again.

Also, it’s definitely not an old man watch - get it in 41mm with an oyster bracelet and there’s simply no way the watch would be perceived as such. I don’t see the appeal of the explorer 1 as a one and only Rolex. It’s an oyster perpetual with different dial and different hands for an extra $1000 beyond the OP, and in my view the OP does double duty (dress up or dress down) better than the explorer can. Explorer is nice to add if you have other different things, but certainly not the pick of the masses for a one and only.

There’s a reason why the DJ is the best selling Rolex, despite what the forums here would have you believe.

The old man watch cracked me up, though I pretty much exclusively see old men wearing it. I'm missing the chapter ring on the DJ. 41 is also too big for my taste. I'd rather is be understand. That's what drew me to the explorer in the first place.

[Frits1980]

EXP1 39 without a doubt. I have 20+ watches from Tudor to Patek but my exp gets the most wristtime by far. Just perfect in its simplicity. Wear it on the beach or with a suit. It does it all. DJ is a great watch but it (especially the TT 36mm models) does have a bit of an "old man" vibe to it.

[AF_Rob]

As an everyday, I would go with the DJ because it has a date complication. I’ve owned both (five digit references) and I eventually sold the Explorer.

Just my two cents, on an oyster, I would consider a smooth bezel. It gives it the body line of an Explorer, since you like it as well.


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[schoolboy]

Originally Posted by aggierolex

That's what I figured. She said the DJ looks like an old man watch and the Explorer is too much like my current watch, Tag CK1110-0. She has a point with both having Mercedes hands and black dials. Not much help though haha.

What?

That tag is a chronograph

[aggierolex]

Originally Posted by schoolboy

What?

That tag is a chronograph

Like I said, not much help.

[danwang0520]

i would go with Datejust......you got a date function handy

[2x4]

I think I got my collection messed up. DJ41, smooth bezel and oyster bracelet is my daily and I occasionally indulge into some serious manual labor. Have a GMT and another TT DJ for dress up.

[sunnygps]

DJ41. Get the black sticks/baton dial, smooth bezel and oyster bracelet. Although, PCL on the bracelet is not totally under the radar, it is in my opinion better option than the Explorer.

You get used to the PCL very quickly and there is hardly anyone who looks at your watch anyways.