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28 January 2012, 01:37 AM | #1 |
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Question about definition of 'President'
I would gladly welcome an education on what is or is not a president. I recognize a day, date watch as a president. I have also seen similar watches that are only the day. I have also seen the 'presidential' band.
However, I sometimes see older watches like a 1503 that I have in all gold to be listed as a president. I did not think this was/should be called a president. Yet all you have to do is google it and there are watch companies that have it listed for sale as one. Are they simply taking liberty of an older all gold watch and just calling it a 'President' ? Thanks ! |
28 January 2012, 01:48 AM | #2 |
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"President" is actually a nick name for the type of gold bracelet used first on Eisenhower's gold Datejust, I believe. He never owned a Day-Date. There's a lot of confusion on the subject.
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The watch is Day-Date, always in precious metals and not in SS.
The bracelets used, as well as for the gold ladies Datejust in gold and platimun, were called "President". Some were in "bark" finish, to my opinion their BEST version.
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28 January 2012, 02:13 AM | #4 |
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So then any Rolex that is not Day & Date, should not be called a president ?
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28 January 2012, 02:17 AM | #5 |
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There is no confusion whats so ever as to what he was wearing.
Ike's watch had a gold jubilee bracelet and the pictures below are of his actual watch. Note the engraving in the back which Rolex did before presenting the watch. |
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Should that watch have gold spring bars?
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to me a president is a day-date, whether it is an automatic or oysterquartz.
there is a president bracelet, typically associated with the automatic day-date. i don't consider a men's gold datejust on a president bracelet to be a president. i DO consider a women's gold datejust on a president bracelet, a president, because there is not a women's day-date.
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28 January 2012, 03:21 AM | #9 |
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I thought President refers to the bracelet.
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28 January 2012, 07:16 AM | #12 |
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Yup. The stainless steel to 18k gold contact will wear very fast and deep!
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28 January 2012, 07:40 AM | #14 |
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The above letter and the rest of the correspondence between Rolex and Eisenhower can be found here: www.rolexmagazine.com
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28 January 2012, 10:07 PM | #15 |
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From the above link, there's this:
http://rolexblog.blogspot.com/2010/0...mack-1986.html An ad where Rolex calls the watch itself "the President Day-Date".
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