WTF Happened To The ROLEX Day-Date?

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Join us as Christian dives deep into the world of Rolex to explore a fascinating question: Why doesn't the Rolex Day-Date receive the same level of appreciation and popularity as the John Mayer Rolex Daytona? Was it because Rolex dropped the ball on its marketing? Or perhaps with all of the hype regarding the Daytona and John Mayer's stamp of approval, maybe it was just that no one knew or cared about the Day-Date? In todays episode, Christian compares these two iconic timepieces, examining their histories, design elements, and the cultural influences that have shaped their respective reputations.
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@Rosay__ Ай бұрын

Love these longer-form chats about pieces you really enjoy and why they’re both important and special

@jonchase1076 Ай бұрын

It’s the leather strap. If they offered them with the bracelet AND the strap, they’d sell more

@Pakiboyo Ай бұрын

Bought this watch straight from the AD in 2017 at 20% off. Those were the days…

@Viggy666 Ай бұрын

I'd say there are multiple reasons why that particular version of the Day Date hasn't blown up and probably never will. 1. 99% of Day Date buyers want the entire package - Presidential bracelet included. 2. If your considering a 36mm it's probably because you like the more modest vintage inspired look. Then you are better off buying an 1803, 18038 or 18238 since the brushed lugs are so much more attractive and are not as ostentatious and blingy as the later references. 3. If the blingyness of the newer Day Date references appeal to you, you're most likely the type of person that'd rather have the 40mm version. In my opinion, the only reason why anyone would buy a Day Date 118xxx reference or later, over an older reference, is because of the updated bracelet where you get solid links and ceramic sleeves. Since you don't get a bracelet with your particular Day Date that's kind of a moot point.

@GrumblingForesight Ай бұрын

Good points!

@LanguagesWithAndrew Ай бұрын

"If your considering a 36mm it's probably because you like the more modest vintage inspired look." That, or you've got teeny-weeny girl wrists like Christian.

@melbedewy Ай бұрын

Excellent.

@IamnotJokic Ай бұрын

Spot on. The presidential bracelet is just as iconic as the day display itself.

@jordanmichael6623 Ай бұрын

Love the Green and Gold DayDate. 36mm on leather, perfection 🥃

@IamnotJokic Ай бұрын

Disagree. Putting a DD on a leather strap is a crime. The presidential bracelet is just as important as the day display.

@MIAthe305 Ай бұрын

Can’t talk about that Seawolf without mentioning the stunning neon minty green triangle at the 24-hour mark on the bezel - it just POPS! against the bakelite bezel

@masonlexioneill2386 Ай бұрын

love your charisma and passion for this topic! it was engaging all the way through and also provided alot of that was new to me.

@user-kv9qv9vg9c Ай бұрын

Love nkuwan the way you show it! You really focus on showing off the watch. I don't think any other KZfaqr can show off watches in as much detail as you.

@dr.supersnake4627 Ай бұрын

Congrats on this video . The best one I have seen from you .

@Richardperricone Ай бұрын

Great video as always you’ve influenced my collection over the years thank you

@jameshop Ай бұрын

I think that green is the pick of the bunch 3:12 Sir Jackie Stewart has been rocking it for years.

@floridaboybrandon954 Ай бұрын

That cherry dial , the green and the cognac are the definite winners

@granthowse6289 Ай бұрын

I love the Day-Date. Been looking at getting a 18238 for around two years now. It’ll come.

@ilyashevchenko8819 Ай бұрын

Great video as always man! I need your help! I’m struggling to pick which Daydate to go for. Onyx with diamonds or flat green YG. I like them both equally! Which one would you go for in the current market? 🙏🙏🙏

@americantarmacker514 Ай бұрын

I’m in the same boat I’m about to pull the trigger on a day date 40 I’m not sure what to buy I love ever rose so I’m torn between the olive or the isenkiesel and the only yellow I like is the green or the onyx I believe those will be the keepers for the long term

@MaartenAnna Ай бұрын

I’m usually not a big fan of the Rolex green, but I kinda like this watch with the green dial on the green leather.

@killsbugsfastbelcanto 26 күн бұрын

Great stuff!

@christianebert8086 Ай бұрын

Christian, the first and second picture in this video showed the day date at a the jubilee bracelet? right? So the three-link president bracelet came later? just asking ..... Great video - Greetings from Germany

@josephgrigsby4394 Ай бұрын

Your advice on doing your due diligence and not waiting for someone else to tell you to like something applies equally to any long-term investment as well. 🔥

@clintschmidt7379 Ай бұрын

Great vid! This is peak T&H if you ask me

@LivingInAlpharetta Ай бұрын

The Cherry one is on the short list of hopeful pickups this year, so underrated.

@marvinsaunders2563 Ай бұрын

Congrats on the watch. The green and gold combo looks awesome.

@umq5147 Ай бұрын

There’s also a 40 day date yellow gold / green dial that came out about 3 years ago. I wonder what your thoughts are on this beauty

@mattkanfer7256 Ай бұрын

Solid vid. Keep it up

@VMIyanks04 Ай бұрын

That is a stunning watch for sure! Maybe the blue one is now my grail!

@Ilikeavocados822 Ай бұрын

absolutely love this video! I also absolutely love avocados!

@donaleeesio Ай бұрын

Who the hell is John Mayer?! I wanna hear about Yngwie Malmsteen's all gold Rolex collection along side his Fender Strat collection, Marshal amps, not to mention his awesome Ferraris.

@notenoughtime7274 Ай бұрын

Beautiful watch, and a great find. Congrats. Has this dial been brought back in the 2024 Day-Date release (yellow gold green ombre dial) ? Look similar I do love it on a strap though, colorful but tones down the full gold a little....this era feels like the Day-Date equivalent of the Daytona Beach

@AndreaDoesYoga Ай бұрын

🤔 The Day-Date mystery is intriguing, great investigation! 🕵️‍♀️

@BasedHadrian Ай бұрын

The day date is still amazing I want one….texas timex baby

@theiastcowboy Ай бұрын

Is it bad that I want one more, because of that nick name 😝

@lawatson123123 Ай бұрын

Is this a social experiment? "How influential am I?"

@carlodelavera9735 Ай бұрын

Lol I was thinking the same

@ianmedium Ай бұрын

Back in the days when you could actually walk into an AD I was in Bucherer in Vienna and they had both of these in the cabinet and for me, the DD was the one I would have chosen and I loved the shade of green both on the dial and strap. The Daytona green for me was a bit uncouth.

@Darreninnyc Ай бұрын

I will only to leather strap with a deployment buckle. The excess is too ugly for me. Please tell me that’s aftermarket?

@killsbugsfastbelcanto 26 күн бұрын

Deployant.

@frankespinal2086 Ай бұрын

Love that watch and color

@Anglo-Saxon4231 Ай бұрын

That watch is gorgeous. What a beautiful example of a day date. My favourite watch is the yellow gold president bracelet with champagne dial.

@alexjaybrady Ай бұрын

I have blue dial 36 fluted bezel stick markers white gold strap its cold 🥶 And bimetallic lady datejust with green dial 💚 Both are perfect imo

@fallingwickets Ай бұрын

last i looked, the puzzle (dream watch for me) isn't even on the rolex website. How many billions do you have to have in the bank to even ask for one???

@TheHoth1 Ай бұрын

It has always been a mystery to me why this day-date complication is in such high regard. My lowly SKX has this complication too like for $200.....lol!

@fullymechanical9055 Ай бұрын

Don't like the pin buckle on the other side of the strap. I think GS often do this too. Beautiful watch though.

@neil4701 Ай бұрын

Totally agree that vintage = value. There is a whole nested set of levels at which this maxim operates, however, depending on brand status. What people new to watches don't realise is that brand status and visibility in the vintage era wasn't always aligned with how we see the same brands today. This means that there is *spectacular* value in vintage watches from brands such as Longines, Girard Perregaux etc, even Japanese market Seiko. Watches that were really high quality, truly innovative and in every way the equal of Rolex when they were made (even using dials made in the same factories, for example). My own collecting focusses on such watches from the late 60s and early 70s, and I've just started a blog (called Moonage watches).

@chriselley2261 Ай бұрын

So, now that you have this green D/D, would you consider selling your purple one? I love, love that one. Would want to put it on a gold bracelet though. Reach out if you’d be open.

@uncles2000 Ай бұрын

John Mayer is cool and Paul Newman was cool. Your rich uncle from the 70s and 80s wasn’t cool. But he was wealthy.

@thefunksbeats Ай бұрын

Paul Newman is cool John Mayer is okay at best 😅 also my rich uncle WAS badass and so was his watch 😅

@DrIstoris Ай бұрын

@@thefunksbeatsokey at best? He is one of the best guitarists in the world. Lyricist? One of the best in the “pop” scene

@MattSeesGray Ай бұрын

John Mayer absolutely fucking rips on guitar. He’s not that same pop sensation he was when he was 22.

@thefunksbeats Ай бұрын

@@DrIstoris he's overrated as a lyricist he is definitely a great guitarist but I think people dick ride him a lot and it's annoying 😅 sorry y'all don't like my opinion

@DrIstoris Ай бұрын

@@thefunksbeats have you listened to for example stop this train? Lyrically it is fantastic

@bombazine2 Ай бұрын

Yellow gold is fine for evening wear. It’s just too loud for daywear unless you live in Dubai or Monaco, for example.

@jaywhite1141 Ай бұрын

I’m a watch collector I’m to get a Rolex OP 36 mm for my 20th birthday in 5 years but first I’m getting a Tudor black bay 41 black dial rubber strap

@ListenToPowerViolence Ай бұрын

Your DD is ten times classier than the John Mayer Daytona.

@chipmacgill Ай бұрын

I can’t stand the Daytona in YG. I am a huge Daytona fan in steel (my daily 116500) actually had the 126500 as well, got rid of it. I do like it in plat also, but to me any sports watch in precious metals is a pimp watch.

@TheParth23 Ай бұрын

My dad’s about to retire, and I’ve asked my AD for a 228238 White Roman dial. Hoping to obtain it.

@kalamala13151 Ай бұрын

Call me silly but I love the presidential branchlet way more than the case. If Rolex made precious metal presidential branchlets with a Rolex emblem on top without the watch as silly as it sounds, I would rock it!

@clplara Ай бұрын

Oh man that Day-Date is awesome

@geass2015 Ай бұрын

I feel like the yellow gold and the green face roman numeral day date would be a better comparison

@samhalsey5051 Ай бұрын

The reason the day spelled out on the day date is better is because it works better with the mind. On many seiko watches it will say “SAT” we don’t speak or think that way we think and say “SATURDAY”. It’s easier on the mind 😊

@chipesque Ай бұрын

That seawolf is badass

@dhwjohnston7212 Ай бұрын

Wearing two watches at the same time looks weird. But a good discussion.

@_jeep392 Ай бұрын

Damn not if you are talking about them.

@burgholte Ай бұрын

My next purchase will be a 118239 Cherry Dial, so please don't mention this watch too much just yet :D

@c1pher428 Ай бұрын

36mm white dial DayDate is the only Rolex I want, I believe this is one of their most versatile pieces. Dress it up or with a T-shirt and jeans, absolutely timeless.

@crimclay1077 Ай бұрын

A lot of truthful statements in this video.

@tonythebrowne 13 күн бұрын

Did Rolex make those Day Date straps in-house? If not, who did they have them made by? I’m considering buying a Day Date but sometimes don’t want to wear it with the Presidential bracelet and I love the way yours looks on the gator strap!

@beerkegaard Ай бұрын

A Day date needs the gold bracelet. Really not a fan of the leather straps people put on them when the vintage bracelets fall apart

@gregoryrogalsky6937 Ай бұрын

I wish you would have spent more time on the Zodiac Sea Wolf GMT.

@johnjohnsson9903 Ай бұрын

Man, love this collection. Totally agree that they're among the best that Rolex has released in the last 25 years.

@ralphplazachesmarhomes Ай бұрын

That day date is gorgeous. Is so true new watches are not as special as those oldies. I have a 16800 sub that absolutely love more every day.

@IamnotJokic Ай бұрын

Putting a DD on a leather strap is a crime. The presidential bracelet is just as important as the day display.

@jeffdj1975 Ай бұрын

It exploded because it was John Mayer that said it’s a sleeper. If it was Tucker Carlson, ya think it would’ve blown up??

@ListenToPowerViolence Ай бұрын

If too many people get to skip the waitlist will a new waitlist develop of these VIPs?

@Hartwell10 Ай бұрын

I NEED SOME WATCH ENTHUSIASTS OPINIONS I’m leaning one way on the following purchase. But want to make sure I’m not making a mistake here.. would you rather purchase. 36mm Rolex Explorer 46mm IWC big pilot Or 36mm Rolex Explorer 41mm Tudor black bay gmt - Pepsi 40mm Grand Seiko heritage spring drive

@MistaLanky Ай бұрын

2. Definitely number 2. Add the IWC later.

@TwentyOne_Five Күн бұрын

The issue was that none of us liked the leather strap.

@Mr-Merchant. Ай бұрын

If you where really shopping for a new daydate, you would cross shop other brands and for £30K+ you can get PP, AP and VC or a gold Daytona.

@ClayOnEarth Ай бұрын

Hey that's my watch!

@Drew10006 Ай бұрын

Class ..... 🎉 pure class day dates date just OPs SkYs.. classic lines such elegance 🎉

@solidstream13 Ай бұрын

The Zodiac has a black and grey GMT bezel like the new Rolex GMT.

@gaffs82 Ай бұрын

The John Mayer skyrocketed because of the Daytona hype. it’s the only Daytona with the green dial . Day dates have always been easy to obtain because you can go back 50 years and get one.

@areebsyed3662 Ай бұрын

Double wristing crazyyyyyy

@RAJohnson713 Ай бұрын

You should put it on a period correct presidential bracelet, would love to see it.

@cjdontthink2 Ай бұрын

I love my seawolf. I have a datographic white dial and it is very romantic

@johnfrei9057 Ай бұрын

Looking a lot better without the ‘stache my friend.

@rampantcolt Ай бұрын

Wearing my 1803 wit 10ct diamond bracelet now

@oliverjames6913 Ай бұрын

For me, growing up I always associated the Day Date with geriatrics, war lords, and dictators. Especially in gold.

@nsteranka Ай бұрын

Rolex used to offer leather straps. I think that they could make a comeback and offer bracelet and an appropriate leather strap. Cartier does it and we love it.

@jamessymington2466 Ай бұрын

Trouble is that they are just a little ostentatious and arriviste. Scrap metal dealer that hit the big time kind of watch. Doesn’t take away from the fact that some of them are quite attractive.

@willieoatnet5396 Ай бұрын

Will get a day date one day. Yellow gold

@inlandwatchreviews5745 Ай бұрын

I am retired and have the Tudor Date Day 36 mm, Vice President.

@ianmatthewdavis3578 Ай бұрын

Random question for the community, but I’m looking to buy my first dive watch with a budget of around $500. Obviously done a lot of research but just curious if anyone had any “budget” divers they love!

@anthonyamato6367 Ай бұрын

Citizen titanium diver or Seiko Prospex SRPF03

@SamuraiJackson Ай бұрын

Lorier Neptune IV or the Baltic Aquascaphe

@rsvpben Ай бұрын

Not him trying to create the „Theo Day Date“.

@zoranristc6152 Ай бұрын

We miss so much guys Christian I love your chat with them when u are alone in video its bit boring sorry, but your Advert for Aqua terra and Longiness that was the best Video about watch I ever see , it was different it has Heart , story flowb💘

@Sasquatchi Ай бұрын

Narrator: "Prices did not go up"

@Newerasamearea Ай бұрын

Its mad that you wouldnt speak your full truth without being paid.

@technom3598 Ай бұрын

@01skat Ай бұрын

Ladies & gentlemen: the Zeron day date

@nikosb1978 Ай бұрын

Why is he wearing two watches?

@mdtell Ай бұрын

Can presidential bracelets be paired with these references?

@user-rs8sy3if7o Ай бұрын

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@DC-si8xw Ай бұрын

Is this tool wearing two watches I can't with this guy

@maleci314 Ай бұрын

The day date just screams old people. Will i probably get one eventually as i get older myself? Sure. Would i rather have a more sporty model for now? No brainer.

@omar10213245 Ай бұрын

Agreed. I've always felt that a platinum daydate would be my retirement piece, when I'm in my 60's

@archonpericles Ай бұрын

What did it cost you?

@vincet6730 Ай бұрын

The DD looks great, but to me it remains an old men‘s watch, nowhere near the Daytona

@modernworldiscrap Ай бұрын

The DD was the king in the 60 70 and 80’s

@affegorilla1299 Ай бұрын

Still is

@jeffb321 Ай бұрын

Still my favorite Rolex model!

@modernworldiscrap Ай бұрын

@@jeffb321 which one?

@jeffb321 Ай бұрын

@@modernworldiscrap yellow gold, with a white or gold dial. Roman or stick markers, just depending... ❤️

@modernworldiscrap Ай бұрын

@@jeffb321 love the 18238

@timur9429 Ай бұрын

100% Team Cognac

@josecarlosvillalomeli5690 Ай бұрын

Zeron really thinks he can make an impact in the watch scene, doesn't he? This delusional KZfaqrs are quite something

@TimothyKasch-fm7bn Ай бұрын

Because it’s a 36 mm a little boys watch. The 40 mm olive green day date was plenty popular because it’s actually a men’s size.

@watchrolex Ай бұрын

Why are your wearing two watches?

@clarencebenjaminlim Ай бұрын

Its always an uncle/auntie watch. Even im an uncle now. I wont be seen dead wearing last generation's watch.

@abrracadabrrap789 Ай бұрын

This watch never looked special for me... never looked even average.. there are so many much more interesting pieces on the market in this and lower price range..