The Official Day-Date aka "President" Owners Thread....>>>>>>>

[Kirsty87]

Just got my DD36 back from a service. It is running 7 seconds fast per day. Is this to be expected for a watch from 1999/2000?

[DC116710LN]

Originally Posted by Mbalce

Today is a special day. My father passed away 3 years ago today. I miss him.

This was his. One day it will belong to my oldest son. The younger one gets the other two.



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Condolences. I'm glad you have something special to commemorate him

[Mbalce]

Thank you very much. He was a really great Dad, Grandfather and Husband. I miss him every day. Today is hard.

[BzKneez]

Originally Posted by Kirsty87

Just got my DD36 back from a service. It is running 7 seconds fast per day. Is this to be expected for a watch from 1999/2000?

No. It should be within +2/-2 seconds per day. Anything more or less than that, they didn’t service it properly.


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[serpentine009]

18078

That Onyx dial though ... Wow


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[Mbalce]

Originally Posted by BzKneez

No. It should be within +2/-2 seconds per day. Anything more or less than that, they didn’t service it properly.


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I thought COSC was +6/-4?


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[Bosbevok]

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[peterpl]

Love this thing. Rolex nailed it with the DD40. Perfect size and watch for anyone imho. Every serious Rolex lover needs a DD40 in their life.

In a meeting room drawing some nice diagrams rocking the DD40. :) :)

[tonysoprano100]

Originally Posted by peterpl

Love this thing. Rolex nailed it with the DD40. Perfect size and watch for anyone imho. Every serious Rolex lover needs a DD40 in their life.

In a meeting room drawing some nice diagrams rocking the DD40. :) :)

Thats my dream watch, sadly I cant buy one because is impossible to use it in Chile, country where I live.

I can, but I have modesty.

At the moment, my 24x7 watch is a stainless steel Sub

[bobbyjones10]

Loving mine.

[BumbleB]

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[Frank McKay]

Originally Posted by tonysoprano100

Thats my dream watch, sadly I cant buy one because is impossible to use it in Chile, country where I live.

I can, but I have modesty.

At the moment, my 24x7 watch is a stainless steel Sub

Why is it impossible to use/wear in Chile?

[downtorock]

Still on honeymoon.


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[MichelleP]

Originally Posted by peterpl

Love this thing. Rolex nailed it with the DD40. Perfect size and watch for anyone imho. Every serious Rolex lover needs a DD40 in their life.

In a meeting room drawing some nice diagrams rocking the DD40. :) :)

Love the motif dial

[BzKneez]

Originally Posted by downtorock

Still on honeymoon.


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I don't think you'll ever get out of it. Awesome watch!

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[downtorock]

Originally Posted by BzKneez

I don't think you'll ever get out of it. Awesome watch!

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Nope!


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[Themino]

Customised Dial for a DD wg 18239.
Any thoughts? Good/bad?

[strettyend]

[ABrolex]

Best thread on the forum :) .... can't wait to add one of my own

[tonysoprano100]

Originally Posted by Frank McKay

Why is it impossible to use/wear in Chile?

Because to use the Rolex President is to say “I m rich”

Here in Chile to be rich is not nice for others.

Its my dream watch, but I dont want to buy a watch for home, I want to use it.

Its sad....I was thinking on a white gold or platinum, but its not the same magic.

[tonysoprano100]

Originally Posted by Frank McKay

Why is it impossible to use/wear in Chile?

I sent you a pm

[JSCP]

Here you go before Trade. Waiting for a DD 40 to match, ordered liked 10 days ago. Longer than my wait for Pepsi last December!

[peterpl]

Originally Posted by JSCP

Here you go before Trade. Waiting for a DD 40 to match, ordered liked 10 days ago. Longer than my wait for Pepsi last December!

You 1000% made the right choice to trade the 36 for the 40mm. They are on a whole other level.

Your gonna love it. Which configuration did you get?

[BumbleB]

Originally Posted by Frank McKay

Why is it impossible to use/wear in Chile?

I’m guessing too dangerous?


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[Low-Key]

Originally Posted by tonysoprano100

Because to use the Rolex President is to say “I m rich”

Here in Chile to be rich is not nice for others.

Its my dream watch, but I dont want to buy a watch for home, I want to use it.

Its sad....I was thinking on a white gold or platinum, but its not the same magic.

I’m not sure which part/region of Chile you live in, but I can’t say I agree. First, the YG President is definitively a less low-key look, absolutely. This is where the beauty of the platinum model comes in, because it totally flies under the radar (as would a WG model, for similar reasons), where that’s near-impossible with the former. Being a Millennial, I strove for the YG President as a grail piece, thinking there may not be utility for the ‘elusive’ platinum President. But when I got the YG, I quickly realized that a platinum one would allow me to wear a President under most circumstances, where YG/fluted might be a bit conspicuous and, therefore, limited in certain settings. So, I added a 118206 (6.25” wrists) that I love, and have different uses for them accordingly. I really enjoy their unexpectedly juxtaposed personalities (relative to each other).

If you’re up in Providencia/Las Condes/La Dehesa/Lo Barnechea, you can very easily get away with either model. I lived there myself for a few years post-Y2K (service work), but only in the humbler/lower-lying sections of Santiago, on the less-cosmopolitan side of the Rio Mapocho. Being that I knew ahead-of-time that I’d be serving down that way, I, too, left all my watches stateside. Truth be told, I would’ve been fine using a SS tool watch while there (other than maybe on the Micro), but hindsight being what it is...

[GoingPlaces]

White dial.

[schro]

[WiseRat]

My 18238 from 1993. Picked it up in Japan recently on a trip.

[42itus]

Originally Posted by WiseRat

My 18238 from 1993. Picked it up in Japan recently on a trip.

That’s a great shot of a beautiful watch!


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[tonysoprano100]

Originally Posted by Low-Key

I’m not sure which part/region of Chile you live in, but I can’t say I agree. First, the YG President is definitively a less low-key look, absolutely. This is where the beauty of the platinum model comes in, because it totally flies under the radar (as would a WG model, for similar reasons), where that’s near-impossible with the former. Being a Millennial, I strove for the YG President as a grail piece, thinking there may not be utility for the ‘elusive’ platinum President. But when I got the YG, I quickly realized that a platinum one would allow me to wear a President under most circumstances, where YG/fluted might be a bit conspicuous and, therefore, limited in certain settings. So, I added a 118206 (6.25” wrists) that I love, and have different uses for them accordingly. I really enjoy their unexpectedly juxtaposed personalities (relative to each other).

If you’re up in Providencia/Las Condes/La Dehesa/Lo Barnechea, you can very easily get away with either model. I lived there myself for a few years post-Y2K (service work), but only in the humbler/lower-lying sections of Santiago, on the less-cosmopolitan side of the Rio Mapocho. Being that I knew ahead-of-time that I’d be serving down that way, I, too, left all my watches stateside. Truth be told, I would’ve been fine using a SS tool watch while there (other than maybe on the Micro), but hindsight being what it is...

Nice you know Chile. I live in the Region de Los Lagos.
I work as merchant and I deal too much with people of middle-low class.

I m thinking on the WG Like you said.....do you think is fine for Chile?