Rolex president band : links too loose ?

[arquebuse]

Hi :)
I bought a used Rolex DayDate 36mm, but it seems that the links are too loose (in my humble opinion but I don't know much about those President Bands...)
Could some one tell me if it's too loose or not ?
And around how much is the price to fix it like a new band ?
Thx a lot in advance !!! :)

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by arquebuse

Hi :)
I bought a used Rolex DayDate 36mm, but it seems that the links are too loose (in my humble opinion but I don't know much about those President Bands...)
Could some one tell me if it's too loose or not ?
And around how much is the price to fix it like a new band ?
Thx a lot in advance !!! :)

That looks good, not that much stretch. Here is mine which had a lot more stretch, before and after been retrofitted by Rolliworks:




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[Fenrira]

Originally Posted by fskywalker

That looks good, not that much stretch. Here is mine which had a lot more stretch, before and after been retrofitted by Rolliworks:




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Wow that’s quite a difference. What’s the process of retrofitting like?

[arquebuse]

Thx Skywalker :)

They did an amazing work on your watch ! Do you remember for how much they did that ? :)

And do you think that when this watch is brand new : the band is completely horizontal like on your second pic ?

thx ! :)

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by Fenrira

Wow that’s quite a difference. What’s the process of retrofitting like?

From what have seen is a very time consuming effort, they break all links into pieces to do all repairs, then re assemble it (there are a few videos on Youtube)

Originally Posted by arquebuse

Thx Skywalker :)

They did an amazing work on your watch ! Do you remember for how much they did that ? :)

And do you think that when this watch is brand new : the band is completely horizontal like on your second pic ?

thx ! :)

New probably would be similar to mine now.


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[miamiclay]

That looks fine. I don’t know the age of yours, but if you keep it clean, IMO that has *many* good years of service in it before any bracelet work is needed. If you want it done anyway, the cost is about $1500.

For comparison, here is how one looks when it is ‘stretched’ out -
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[arquebuse]

Originally Posted by miamiclay

That looks fine. I don’t know the age of yours, but if you keep it clean, IMO that has *many* good years of service in it before any bracelet work is needed. If you want it done anyway, the cost is about $1500.

For comparison, here is how one looks when it is ‘stretched’ out -
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Thx miamiclay !

Yes, the one on your pic needs help ! :))

Maybe it's better to do nothing on mine...

But I have idea about how it looks when it's new...

Except a video on Youtube but it shows a very new model with ceramic inside...: this pic is from this video

[arquebuse]

thx miamiclay,
I posted an answer few hours ago, but it's not there
thank you anyway :)