The Rolex Forums   The Rolex Watch

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX


Go Back   Rolex Forums - Rolex Forum > Rolex & Tudor Watch Topics > Rolex General Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 27 February 2010, 08:38 AM   #1
Tunacan26
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Florida
Watch: Hulk, DJ, Bluesy
Posts: 1,890
Iconic Rolex?

Hello all -- Been addicted to this site for about 2 weeks, boning up on Rolex knowledge. Man, you guys are crazy Rolex fans, that's for sure. Anyway, in my uneducated mind, I always thought the TT Datejust was, like, THE Rolex. Now, after reading a million posts, and seeing what watches many of you own, seems more accurately perhaps the Sub is the ICONIC Rolex of recent times. I mean, few if any of you say a peep about the Datejust line. Live and learn I guess. Anyway, if you care to chime in on your idea of an iconic Rolex, please do.
Tunacan26 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:39 AM   #2
Rebel
"TRF" Member
 
Rebel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Real Name: Dr Mark R Nail
Location: New Albany
Watch: Tudor Sub 75090
Posts: 8,254
Sub.
__________________
-------------------------------
Member of the Nylon Nation
Rebel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:41 AM   #3
CPTL
"TRF" Member
 
CPTL's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Real Name: Kevin
Location: Texas on my mind
Watch: Sub Date; SS/WG DJ
Posts: 2,445
Really depends on your audience. I'd definitely say the two most prolific and recognizable are the DJ and the Sub. This forum strongly favors sports models, but in terms of worldwide sales, DJ totals nearly equal every other reference combined. And, in terms of the non-Rolex wearing population, folks are much more likely to associate the TT DJ, fluted bezel and Jubilee bracelet with "Rolex" than any other model.
__________________

16610 Submariner Date; D Serial
16234 DateJust SS with WG Fluted Bezel & Jubillee, White Roman Dial; F Serial
16570 Explorer II White Dial; M Serial

And Hers: 78240 Mid-Size DateJust SS with Domed Bezel & Oyster, White Roman; D Serial
CPTL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:43 AM   #4
Rscmaine
"TRF" Member
 
Rscmaine's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Nat Parkinson
Location: Maine, USA
Watch: me pull a rabbit..
Posts: 1,196
In order

Black Sub - most copied watch design in the world. Heck the companies who use the design even call their models "Submariners".
Datejust (Asia especially) - second most copied design.
Day Date
__________________
When the alien spaceships actually landed, to everyone's surprise, it turned out that the world's governments had not been hiding anything. They were just as clueless as the rest of us!
Rscmaine is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:43 AM   #5
mike
"TRF" Member
 
mike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 22,683
Sports watches do seem to get most of "air" time and the Sub has historically been the iconic sports reference.

That said I'd guess worldwide the DJ is the most popular watch sold by Rolex.
mike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:44 AM   #6
Tunacan26
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Florida
Watch: Hulk, DJ, Bluesy
Posts: 1,890
Kevin -- Good point. I'm planning a purchase hopefully soon, and though I thought I wanted the exact DJ you just described this Blue SUB is calling me. Just think I'd beat it to death wearing it every day, all day. Decisions....
Tunacan26 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:45 AM   #7
kyle L
"TRF" Member
 
kyle L's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Watch: Rolex Explorer I
Posts: 10,278
Datejust, Sub, Explorer I are the most iconic to me.
kyle L is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:45 AM   #8
Rscmaine
"TRF" Member
 
Rscmaine's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Nat Parkinson
Location: Maine, USA
Watch: me pull a rabbit..
Posts: 1,196
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rscmaine View Post
In order

Black Sub - most copied watch design in the world. Heck the companies who use the design even call their models "Submariners".
Datejust (Asia especially) - second most copied design.
Day Date
Actually, I forgot...

There is one company in particular who has copied most of Rolex's designs for years and years...Tudor! Shameless ripoffs.
__________________
When the alien spaceships actually landed, to everyone's surprise, it turned out that the world's governments had not been hiding anything. They were just as clueless as the rest of us!
Rscmaine is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:46 AM   #9
CPTL
"TRF" Member
 
CPTL's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Real Name: Kevin
Location: Texas on my mind
Watch: Sub Date; SS/WG DJ
Posts: 2,445
Don't worry about that. Whatever watch you buy it's going to get scratches. You're going to be spending all of your time staring at the perfect dial, bezel, that big knurly triplock crown poking out from between the crown guards, and the light glinting off of the perfectly polished second hand sweeping ever so steadily around the dial.

No scratches in that picture.
__________________

16610 Submariner Date; D Serial
16234 DateJust SS with WG Fluted Bezel & Jubillee, White Roman Dial; F Serial
16570 Explorer II White Dial; M Serial

And Hers: 78240 Mid-Size DateJust SS with Domed Bezel & Oyster, White Roman; D Serial
CPTL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:49 AM   #10
Tunacan26
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Florida
Watch: Hulk, DJ, Bluesy
Posts: 1,890
Funny -- Your SS w/WG, jubilee white roman is on my short list too. You have to agree, the bracelet on that doesn't show dings like a TT Sub would....
Tunacan26 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:51 AM   #11
Fiery
"TRF" Member
 
Fiery's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Europe
Watch: Sub-C 116610LN
Posts: 2,649
I think Rolex is not easy if you want to decide on which models are the iconic ones. Sub, Explorer, Daytona, Day-Date, DateJust lead the pact IMHO. If GMT watches were more popular, I'm sure GMT-Master would be equally iconic than the listed five -- but it's not far behind. That said, my favourite Rolex is the GMT IIC
Fiery is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 08:58 AM   #12
Gtwelsh
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Glen
Location: Orlando, fl
Watch: DateJust
Posts: 21
I would say DJ..... But that could be because my first and only rolex is an SS DJ, the next one I get will be an LV sub for sure
Gtwelsh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:00 AM   #13
Tunacan26
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Chuck
Location: Florida
Watch: Hulk, DJ, Bluesy
Posts: 1,890
That was my first as well, TT DJ, but, alas, don't have it anymore.
Tunacan26 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:15 AM   #14
sevykor
"TRF" Member
 
sevykor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 469
For me: SS Sub date, Y. gold President, 2 tone DJ, and Daytona (in that order).
sevykor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:37 AM   #15
OTE200
"TRF" Member
 
OTE200's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Australia
Watch: 14270 Explorer
Posts: 108
I say the Sub. However, if Wikipedia is anything to go by, it says GMT.
OTE200 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:43 AM   #16
frank gama
"TRF" Member
 
frank gama's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Real Name: ExhibitionOnly
Location: Earth
Posts: 330
And, in terms of the non-Rolex wearing population, folks are much more likely to associate the TT DJ, fluted bezel and Jubilee bracelet with "Rolex" than any other model.[/QUOTE]

X2
frank gama is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:48 AM   #17
landroverking
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Real Name: Jay
Location: TEXAS
Watch: Daytona
Posts: 7,648
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tunacan26 View Post
Hello all -- Been addicted to this site for about 2 weeks, boning up on Rolex knowledge. Man, you guys are crazy Rolex fans, that's for sure. Anyway, in my uneducated mind, I always thought the TT Datejust was, like, THE Rolex. Now, after reading a million posts, and seeing what watches many of you own, seems more accurately perhaps the Sub is the ICONIC Rolex of recent times. I mean, few if any of you say a peep about the Datejust line. Live and learn I guess. Anyway, if you care to chime in on your idea of an iconic Rolex, please do.
The DateJust ...Just does not get enough love. Rolex sells more of them each year then any other model? The TOG/Thunderbird is one I want on my short list.
landroverking is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 09:52 AM   #18
CoulonPier
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: San Francisco
Watch: Rolex 14060 ND
Posts: 23
Submariner ND
CoulonPier is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 10:01 AM   #19
sakuraba
"TRF" Member
 
sakuraba's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Real Name: Jib
Location: SJ, California
Watch: sun dial
Posts: 8,189
It says a lot about Rolex when WISes can't seem to agree on which is most iconic!

With its lush history, you can pretty much point at any model and callit iconic.

My list would be (not in any order):
Sub, DJ, Explorer 1, GMT (Pepsi), DD.

Of course if you ask the members of greater vintage (ie older), some might even mention bubbleback or prince.
__________________
F 14000 AirKing black
F 16710 GMT Pepsi
F 16570 Explorer II white
T 16600 SD
D 16610 LV

"fine quality is remembered long after the pain of spending money" -Steve Mulholland
sakuraba is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 11:16 AM   #20
Phil G.
"TRF" Member
 
Phil G.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Real Name: Phil
Location: Pennsylvania
Watch: GMT Master IIc
Posts: 248
Love my TT DJ. Wear it daily to work. It's over 20 years old and looks absolutely new. As much as I love my sport watches, the DJ is iconic!
Attached Images
   
__________________
1988 R160133 SS/YG Datejust
1996 N16700 SS GMT Master (Pepsi)
2010 V116710 SS GMT Master IIc
Phil G. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27 February 2010, 11:24 AM   #21
CL65AMG
"TRF" Member
 
CL65AMG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Real Name: Andrew
Location: Kentucky
Watch: Any Rolex
Posts: 1,102
YG Day Date
CL65AMG is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

My Watch LLC

WatchesOff5th

DavidSW Watches

Takuya Watches

OCWatches

Asset Appeal

Wrist Aficionado


*Banners Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.





Copyright ©2004-2024, The Rolex Forums. All Rights Reserved.

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX

Rolex is a registered trademark of ROLEX USA. The Rolex Forums is not affiliated with ROLEX USA in any way.