Great Watch

Mar 21, 2013,22:47 PM
 

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. 


You might, however, be able to have the best of both worlds with any watch you own.

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.


I decided to customize. I know, third-party parts can be a risk, but I decided to try out rubber watch straps from RubberB. Maybe this could be another solution? 

Just a thought. 

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Here's a watch that doesn't get much exposure over here

 
 By: johnswatch1 : October 14th, 2012-03:31
In the sea of vintage Subs and GMTs we don't see very many references to possibly the most iconic Rolex, the Datejust. While the jury's out on whether the DJII will become an icon here's a picture of my newest acquisition. Over the last few months the wea...  

Hi John first congrats on a great piece :) but what irks me about the Dj2 is ...

 
 By: Miranda : October 14th, 2012-04:12
Not the size which I found was fine But the hands which are out of proportion with the lume indices If that was not the case I would jump for the 116300 Right now Let's hope they can sort it out soon Best Imran

Thanks for this refreshing post, John.

 
 By: amanico : October 14th, 2012-04:14
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.

Imran - here's my mini review

 
 By: johnswatch1 : October 14th, 2012-07:22
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 go... 

Having been brought up on 36mm...

 
 By: Anatol : October 14th, 2012-13:23
...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 inde... 

The DJ is definitely an iconic Rolex

 
 By: DrStrong : October 15th, 2012-00:10
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. ...  

Great Watch

 
 By: argiver : March 21st, 2013-22:47
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. You might, however, be able to have the best of both worlds with any watch you own. Rolex does have a v...