Rolex

Not the size which I found was fine

I find it a bit too big, and prefer the former version, but yes you're right, the DJ deserves much more interest here.

This is why I thank you.

And you elaborated your love and attraction for this watch very well, too, I have to say.

Best,

Nicolas.

The hands are a little thin and this is accentuated by the hands being creased down the middle.  This means that only one facet of the hands catches the light making them appear even smaller.

I'd have preferred slightly smaller indices of polished white gold with either no lume or small dots at the edge of the idice similar to the older datejusts.  Another annoyance is the very flat looking dial.  I feel a watch of this thickness should have a textured dial or something 'extra' especially as the lack of any antireflective coating means it very easily shows greasy finger marks.

Regarding the size - I was positively surprised when I tried it on.  I have a variety of sizes in my collection and my usual work watch is either a vintage Patek 96 or my vintage DJ on a strap so I was curious to how it would wear.  It is fairly large on my wrist but not too large for comfort and the extra expansion link is a welcome bonus ensuring it's always snug without being tight.

The size of the watch and particularly the bezel ensures it has a lot of presence and a fair amount of 'sparkle' perhaps even a little bling - which was exactly the look I wanted so I'm happy about it.  There's little danger of it sitting unnoticed in meetings so if that's an issue then perhaps an Air King or DJ1 would be a better choice ( the Air King with 3,6,9 silver dial is my all time favourite Rolex).

 

...it takes some getting used to those large size DJs. However, overall I really like the 116300 except for the oversized indecis.

However, I am not very optimistic that Rolex will sort that out. Apparently, they stopped producing the wonderful small index dial for the Daydate II. So they seem to be very convinced by their large index dials. Well, society is ageing and average eyesight is not improving...

Myself, I recently bought a DJ 116200 with a fantastic blue index dial as an everyday watch. It wears incredibly comfortably, has a nice classic size and yet a modern look.

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and thanks for posting yours.

Here's my old 1600 for comparison, it's definitely very interesting to study the evolution of the watch in 40 years.

It truly is a great watch. I noticed you said you had to either wear a watch with a rubber strap or wait until you get to the office to put a watch on. 

Rolex does have a very specific design quality. The clean lines, the polished metal, the shine. But sometimes, when you own the perfect Rolex, wearing the watch all year round is tempting. For a casual event, that perfect watch might be a little out of place.