This is Watch Your Style.
Today's video is gonna be about the latest acquisition to my watch collection and believe
it or not, it's a Rolex Day Date 40.
Alright guys, so before I start getting immediate hate mail about this.
Yes, I know my original video about the Day-Date 40, you know, had a lot of backlash would
say.
I'm gonna go ahead right off the back and say I still like the Day-Date II in 41 millimeter
better, but however, this particular watch grabbed my attention.
Now, I'm not sure if it's the factory baguette dial or the factory bezel, but for some reason
it kind of got my attention and it was enough for me to finally give in and buy a Daydate
40.
So this particular model is in yellow gold.
It has a retail of $55,350.
I mean, that's kind of like a high retail for a Rolex Presi, you know?
That's a bit high, but I don't know.
I kind of put it on and it just kind grew on me and maybe it's just the fact that ever
since they first got released, I've kind of been seeing them more and more and more, so
I've been kind of you know, I don't know, I just kind of wanted to give it a try.
I got a good deal on it.
I don't really wanna to talk too much about what I got on it, but I did good with the
purchase, but I think it's just that I'm a sucker for that factory Rolex diamonds.
Nothing wrong with aftermarket bezels and stuff like that.
You guys know how I feel.
That really doesn't bother me as long as it's done high quality.
But something about that baguette dial and this diamond bezel and I'm not really much
of a diamond watch type of guy.
It just got my attention.
So I'm still on the fence about it, OK?
It grew on me.
I wore it for about two weeks straight.
If you actually look bad, a couple of my videos in the last month and a half, I was actually
wearing this exact watch because I noticed people were asking me in the comments, “What
watch is that?”
But I'm still on the fence.
I don't know if it's gonna make the cut and go all of the way to the end, but I kind of
like it.
I think it's maybe the factory drip, you know?
I don't know.
Maybe it's the fact that it's got the whole factory and a higher retail.
I'm a fan of the Day Date 2 in 41 mm and one millimeter in Rolex makes a world of a difference.
And when...you buy what you want.
If you want 36 that's fine.
What I was referring to more was these characters that I have, especially here in Miami that
come up these elaborate excuses on why they're going for the 36 mm instead of the 41.
Instead of just saying straight up, “Look, I like the 36,” or “I don't want spend
that much money.”
Cuz all take that with a smile.
It's not a problem.
Is when they come up with these elaborate explanations like, “Oh, I don't really like
the way that the 41 fits on my wrist.”
That's not true guys.
You could just see instead of, “Hey man, I'm classic.
I like the traditional look of the 36,” and I'll take that.
So that being said, it kind of got like screwed up and thought like maybe that I hate the
40.
What I was trying to express more was, I don't understand what was the reason to downscale
the Day-Date 41mm Presidential all of the way down to 40.
I think what they should have done is done exactly what they did with the Datejust 41.
Hence, it should have been the Day-Date 41.
What they did is they made it slimmer.
They made the bezel slimmer and the indicators in the dial slimmer.
All that gives the impression that the watch is smaller.
It's all an optical illusion.
So personally, I think that that's what maybe what should have been their direction if it
was up to me.
Because I kind of feel like the 40 has its couple of pitfalls, I might say.
Let me tell you something that happened to me with this watch the other day, which is
kind of why I'm still on the fence, even though I like it guys.
I mean, I bought it, alright, and I've worn it.
Actually wore it for two weeks straight.
I was kind of drinking a coffee and a friend of mine, which is actually a colleague in
the business.
He knows a lot about watches.
He comes up to me and he straight up tells me, “Damn son, what's up?
You're wearing a 36!”
He wasn't joking.
He was serious and that's when I had that moment where I was like, “Oh God!
Here we go.”
I mean, I just bought a 40 millimeter Day-Date, super expensive because as they say the retail
is high.
Somebody just accused me of wearing a 36.
I mean, there ain't nothing wrong with 36 guys, but I like the 41.
I don't know man.
I don't know if I'm really 100% sure that I'm happy with it.
For the moment, I'm gonna keep it and if bad comes to worse, maybe I'll just sell it back
to CRM, you know?
We had it here in stock for a while and it's not a watch for everybody because it has a
higher retail, but I think those two weeks wearing it kind of like did me in.
I don't know man!
It's just one of those steps one wants to take.
OK, so in conclusion, Eric from Watch Your Style actually bought a Day-Date 40.
Now the question is, “Do I keep it or do I sell it?”
I mean look, I have some watches that I buy that are just pretty much not really for sale
in the sense that unless I get bored of them or I just kind of wanna move it and something
else, some of them even though I won't wear it, I'll just keep it.
This is kind of like in the middle, alright?
I guess if someone gives me a good offer, maybe I'll just sell it, but I don't know.
Give me some feedback.
Tell me what you think.
Should I keep this Day-Date 40?
Should I put it back up on the gram and just sell it, you know?
I actually was pretty excited about it and I was kind of feeling it, until my buddy told
me that and I kid you know, he was not joking.
He seriously said from 15-20 feet away he thought it was a 36 millimeter.
So feel free to comment below about how you feel about this Day Date 40 and whether I
should keep it in my collection or just put it right back up for sale.
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