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29 October 2007, 04:47 PM | #1 |
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new mid-size oyster perpetual 177200
I think it looks clean, simple and elegant on a lady's wrist, better than a datejust IMO coz I don't like the cyclob. Rolex has redesigned a new series of mid-size OP this summer. I am surprised it is very hard to find them in the AD's case.
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29 October 2007, 05:15 PM | #2 |
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Yes,
Very nice. This one was also posted recently, SS with WG romans and smooth bezel, very smart - might buy one like it for the boss.
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29 October 2007, 05:45 PM | #4 |
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i notice you are at CAL.........the ADs here do have many of these OP watches
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29 October 2007, 05:55 PM | #5 |
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29 October 2007, 10:26 PM | #6 |
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IMHO, the midsize looks much cooler on a female wrist (no matter what size wrist she has!) than a "Lady DJ", for instance.
I have never liked the looks of the ladies' Rolex watches in general.
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Bo, you're a bad influence on me. I'm giving the bigger sized dials a second look... this may sound weird, but a man's vintage oyster perpetual might be the ticket - meaning REALLY vintage like 1930s or 40s era.
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Anyway, I absolutely agree with you! A vintage men's watch from that era would look stunning on a female wrist. BTW: last month I saw a woman wearing a 5513. She was the skinny type, but boy did that Sub look cool on her! She must have had quite a few links removed, but funnily enough you didn't think about that when you saw it on the wrist.
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29 October 2007, 11:47 PM | #9 | |
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Bo...my wife agrees with you 100%. She loves her midsize, but will not wear her Lady DJ. I am getting her to look at the Lady YM for her next purchase. She is just starting to get the Rolex Flu and I even have her reading TRF. NEWS FLASH....TRF SAVES MARRIAGE!!! |
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30 October 2007, 01:17 AM | #10 |
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Let me ask you guys something. You have to promise not to rub it in and say "I told you so." Ok, I'm really having second thoughts about this 26 mm datejust I just bought. The dial is SO hard to read, and I am starting to think a bigger size would just look cooler. I probably should have gone with the midsize. Hindsight is 20-20, I know. So here's my question: Can I take it back to my AD and order the bigger size? How much of a loss would I take since it is now a used watch? I bought the watch at 10 percent off retail. These are questions I could just as well ask my AD, but I don't yet have the nerve, and really need to be sure EXACTLY what I want before I order something else.
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Secondly, - for all it's worth - I had "buyer's remorse" over the SS Sub Date I bought late July this year, and I simply told my AD about this and asked if I could get the SD instead. This was after a MONTH of wearing the SS Sub Date. He told me that if the watch was LNIB, he would be willing to do it, AND give me 10 % off the SD like I got 10 % off the SS Sub Date. If there were "signs of wear" on the SS Sub Date, though, he would charge me a fee on the deal. He would then send back the signed and dated CCC to Rolex to get a new CCC issued for the SS Sub Date, he told me. I guess he either sold my SS Sub Date as a "BNIB" watch or as a LNIB watch. I don't know, but I did get the deal!
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edit: nevermind. I guess you want to exchange for the mid-size DJ. |
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30 October 2007, 03:18 AM | #14 |
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Lisa, I agree with Bubba....talk to your AD first and see what your options are. If it doesn't look good, post it for sale on here and try timezone.com too. They have a sales corner.
If you have any reservations at all about your watch size and dial legibility, don't keep it and put more 'wear' on it. You'll be happier in the long run if you switch now. Good luck! |
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177200 Oyster Perpetual Mid-Size
Hi Peeps
Newbie and first post here.... be gentle with me. Just been into the local AD, dropping off my gold mid-sized DJ which I absolutely adore, for a service and some link adjustment. Won't see it now until end Jan, beginning Feb. Have been reduced to wearing my SS 179174 DJ which seems tiny compared to the mid-sized. Whilst at the AD, caught sight of the brand spanking new catalogue in which contained a fabby standard sized picture of a 177200, the one with the extra large 9 and 3 and the raised silver 6. I'm smitten with the silver dial, and have now asked the AD to order one so I can have a closer look at one in the flesh. I've scoured the web and googled to within an inch of my life trying to find a picture that matches/or is larger than the one in the catalogue but to no avail. Can help me in my quest for a large sized photo of this magnificant watch. Thanks in advance. Sioux |
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Thanks for the input, everyone. I'm getting up the nerve to see my AD tomorrow. Will at least know what my options are. I do want a datejust, but not so sure about the concentric dial - if reflects so much in all but the dimmest light. I have a datejust question that may be better answered on a new thread: Where can I get a complete list of all the dial options on the midsized datejust? Would an AD provide something I could pore over for a few days? Standing at the counter with a wiggling baby doesn't allow for much concentration.
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1 November 2007, 12:37 PM | #22 |
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Nice looking watch, i usually prefer engine turned bezel or fluted. I think the smooth bezel looks nice on this one however.
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Lisa,
Good luck. I would be curious to see what happened in your situation. I never liked the look of any of the ladies' Rolexes until I came across the Yachtmaster in 2000. I got the SS/Platinum women's YM (not the mid-sized), the one shown in my avatar, in early 2001, and love it. The size is very proportionate. My mother in law has the women's gold President datejust, and I think the face of that watch is too small. The women's YM is much bigger than that. The midsize YM would be too large on my wrist (I'm not a petite person, either). |
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I can't say I'm surprised at the AD's offer. He'll turn around and sell yours as used for over $5k! If yours has a retail of $6k, try selling for around $5100-$5400...better to lose a few hundred than $2k!!! Then you can order a new one WITH a discount of course Good luck girl! |
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Very nice and clean looking watch. Congrats. Happy wearing for many years to come.
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If you think you can sell for higher then go for it. Do not buy from that AD any more. Try else where who is willing give you better deal before and after purchased. |
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