Rolex

I love this watch - thinking of adding it to my watch box. Couple questions.

1. How does one read the moon phase exactly? I found instructions on how to set it, but I still don’t understand how to read it.

2. It apparently is accurate to one day in 122 years. Does this mean that after 122 years the moon phase complication is no longer usable or accurate?

3. Can one use alligator straps in water? The watch is water resistant to 50m with a screw down crown so I thought that strap would also be water friendly.

Cheers and thanks!

It means that, in 122 years, if your watch is continuously running, the moon will be too fast or too slow by one day... Which is theoretical, since nobody lets his watch continuously run for such a long time. 

To me the disc is useful to roughly determine the age of moon in a moon month, since there is no visual display of the moon's phases.  

1. There used to be a graphic on the cellini page for the rolex website explaining how to read the moonphase, it's not so hard to tell waxing and waning, etc., after looking at it for a moment. When the solid circle is at 12, that is a full moon. When the empty circle is at 12, that is the new moon, etc.

2. After a theoretical 122 years, you'd need to set the moonphase by one day, which would take you all of 45 seconds using the crown.

3. No, don't submerge your leather strap. You can apply natural leather protectants to leather straps, which I recommend for humid summer days and sweaty purists' wrists. The 50m wr really means if you dropped the watch in water, you'd be good. The strap would survive a quick dip, but you'd want to replace it for something else if you intended to swim. The Cellini is a dress watch, as you know, you have other options for more sporty watch.

For taking the time to reply - appreciated!

Such a cool watch - just trying to make sure it qualifies as a daily wearer.

Happy Monday

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123 years.

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Let's get it right.

Jules Verne's take on it