Hi, this is Meg from SwissWatchExpo. And this morning I'm gonna answer the
watch version of the question which comes first, the chicken or the egg
in this case. It's the Rolex Datejus II and the Rolex Datejust 41.
Hi, this is Meg from SwissWatchExpo. It's nice to be back with you today. And I just
wanna answer a fairly simple question on a couple of beautiful watches. People are always wondering
which one came first, the Rolex Datejust II or the Rolex 41. So I'm gonna answer
those questions for you today and show you both of these beautiful time pieces.
I was actually working with a Rolex traditional store when the Rolex Datejust II was introduced,
it was a little bit confusing. It's a Rolex Datejust II with the Roman numerals. There's
not a Datejust Roman numeral one. So we were kind of wondering what the Genesis of that was.
It was introduced in 2009. This is actually the Rolex Datejust II.
It's a beautiful time piece. We were very excited to see that Rolex in responded to the request for
larger watches. The date just had always been a classic 36 millimeter or smaller for ladies.
And this was a great introduction to the larger 41 millimeter watch, but it was called the Datejust
II. This has a caliber 31 36 movement in it. Perle shock absorbers, which is very sustainable as far
as the wear. And they had some beautiful watches and dials were introduced. This particular one
is very classic black dial Baton markers. The Datejust II always had the oyster bracelet on it
and it was available and is available in the smooth or white gold fluted bezel
also in steel and yellow gold, which in the Rolex land is referred to as roo this particular
one again, beautiful black dial, simple Baton markers, oyster bracelet, pretty straightforward
In 2016. Roll decided to introduce the more current version of the Datejust
which now it's called the Datejust 41. That's really what makes more sense.
They've always been referred to as a Datejust 31 or Datejust 36. So now this is the Datejust 41.
There were a couple of key new features that were introduced when we, they introduced this watch.
This is a movement caliber 32 35. This was really when Rolex started talking about the
superlative chronometers, everybody's familiar with the cost, uh, ratings on the watches.
Rolex decided to go above and beyond with the so superlative chronometer
the Rolex superlative chronometer rating is an additional rating to the cost. It's a little
more stringent and puts it through further testing with the movements actually cased in their watches
with, for additional testing. Their rating is plus or minus two seconds. There's a couple of
other really beautiful things that they introduced when they introduced the, the Rolex Datejust 41.
As you can see with this one, they introduced the Rolesor, which is the steel and rose gold,
which everybody was very excited about to see in the Datejust 41 size. This is one of my favorite
chocolate round dials. The other really beautiful thing about the Datejust 41 is finally, they had
a Jubilee bracelet for the larger 41 millimeter watch. As you know, most Jubilee bracelets have
that were current at this time, have a beautiful, hidden class, but they went backwards a little
bit. They don't consider it backwards, but they've introduced with this. Do you believe bracelet
a wonderful oyster class? And the reason they did that is it has that easy link extension. We all
know, especially here in the south in Atlanta gets a little humid outside a little bit warm.
You are able to adjust this with a five millimeter extension during the day.
So it's a simple, very comfortable, easy link on, on the class. So I love the combination
and ingenuity of the Jubilee bracelet. Along with the oyster class, they also a were able to
integrate the bracelet slightly more in the casing on the 41. And then the biggest difference
in the caliber and the movements is this is a 70 hour power reserve compared to the 48.
So which one came first? The Datejust II or the Datejust 41? The Datejust II,
but they're both fine watches. And we have a lot of them to choose from. So give us a call
at SwissWatchExpo, and we'll be happy to pick out the best one for you.