The Rolex President it's an iconic all-time classic but we have a
Day-Date 40 and a Day-Date II. What's the difference? I'm about to tell you.
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sometimes my inspiration for these videos comes from the clients questions that we always get we
love to answer the phones here and answer any of your questions and we have two beautiful
timepieces we have thousands of beautiful timepieces but in particular today I'm talking
about the Rolex President it's probably the most recognizable most well-known watch worldwide I
just came back from an amazing vacation saw a lot of Rolex Pesidents out there so I know people are
wearing them all over the place we have them here at SwissWatchExpo of course all of ours have been
authenticated fully serviced if needed by our incredible master watchmakers so they're the best
of the best we have two extraordinary watches in front of you right now they're both Rolex
Presidents but what I love about them is they're the very current updated sizes in the 41 and 40
millimeters they look very very very similar at first glance if you peek at them pick them up in
a minute and show you side by side but they're actually two quite different watches and we've
talked about the Datejust 41s and the Datejust IIs in the past and I again I was privileged
to be working for an authorized dealer with Rolex with at the time that they were introduced and we
kind of chuckled that this was called a Day-Date II because there's not a Day-Date I out there
guys the Day-Date I I guess would be the very iconic 36 millimeters but the first thing they
did was to really stay current in the market was to upsize this extraordinary Rolex President to a
41 millimeter so the Day-Date II was introduced in 2008. of course the real name of these watches the
technical name are the Rolex Day-Dates everybody calls them the Rolex President that's because of
their iconic Rolex President bracelet that's what they're known for that's kind of its nickname
but that's okay you can call them that as well but this particular Day-Date II 41 millimeter
introduced in 2008 we were so excited to see this beautiful watch come out in a larger timepiece
it's gorgeous it's heavy you can feel the solid golds of course the precious metals are all
reserved for the Rolex Presidents they had come in rose gold which is everose for Rolex yellow gold
white gold and of course the Platinum these are both the 18 karat yellow gold just beautiful of
course the Day-Date comes from its name in that the other privilege along with the President
bracelet on these watches when they're all gold is that you do have the day and the date both
of these are double quick set meaning that you the day and date set independently of the time so I've
seen some wonderful more vintage timepieces where you have to go all the way around the calendar to
coordinate the date and time not on these you can set the day and the date independently on both of
the watches stunning beautiful 2008 not much longer though just seven years which is a very
very short run in the time of watch history and if you think about how long the original Day-Date has
been out they introduced a brand new one which was interesting and they've retired the Day-Date II so
this Day-Date II it's a 41 millimeter it has been retired it's not available anymore makes it kind
of special the one that was introduced in 2015 they dropped the Roman numeral too because they
can't come out with a three because they never had a one I guess they could have but they didn't
it's simply called the Day-Date 40 and they did a couple things which were fascinating to me as
been being in the Rolex industry for so many years they're fairly slow usually to respond to client
feedback and they actually very quickly responded to some people's feedback regarding the Day-Date
41.and the Day-Date 40. the Day-Date 41 which is the Day-Date II I'm just holding them side by side
of course first glance they probably look very very similar in style and design you would think
that there's not much difference in a 40 and a 41 millimeter but as you can tell in fact they
do look quite different when you see them side by side and there's a couple of reasons why the first
one which is the most prominent is the bezel look how thick or wide the bezel is on this Day-Date II
we're on the Day-Date 40 this one they've actually refined it made it much more a much smaller much
less prominent and gave it more of a maxi dial so more more feature on the dial and a little smaller
on the bezel not only on the bezel but if you look at the lugs what you're here between where
the bracelet attaches to the watch the Day-Date II which is the 41 millimeter is much chunkier
it actually much thicker lugs as far and where and then when they brought out the day-date
40 they've refined it quite a bit and they've tapered the lugs in even in the profile of the
watches you'll see that the Day-Date II which is the 41 millimeter is much thicker so the Day-Date
II is really considered even though it's a only a millimeter larger to be more bold and more sporty
the day-date 40 is considered to be more refined and more elegant there's also some very different
dial options they don't they made different dials for the Day-Date II than they did the Day-Date 40
and one of the things they introduced when they brought out the Day-Date 40 was beautiful laser
etching on the dial which we happen to have a stunning example of on this timepiece
so laser etching on the dials on the Day-Date 40 are some really pretty options just such
a pretty addition to a very classic and iconic timepiece of course the other thing we do want
to talk about in the difference in the watches relates first one to the bracelet in the Day-Date
II which is the 41 millimeter the Platinum the ceramic inserts between all the links to help
on the wear of that in the Day-Date 40 and and that was only Platinum in the Day-Date 40 those
ceramic links are available in all of the metals in all of the choices so that's one difference and
probably the biggest difference in the two watches again other than visually the style and the size
we talked about is the Day-Date 40 which again was introduced in 2015 is housed with the new
movement of theirs it's the newest one it's the 3255 Caliber movement inside it has 14 patents on
it it's a 70-hour power we reserve so really the best of the best of all of their technology in the
movement itself so similar watches they're both available they're both great choices but why we
had them available to you I just wanted to take a minute tell you the difference let you take a look
at them side by side they're both great choices we'll be happy to help you pick out the right one
give us a call here at SwissWatchExpo we're going to take good care of you