Growing trend: Date set too high in date wheel

[123Blueface]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

That’s awful man i hope that you are doing ok.


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Thank you.
It’s all good. It was more of a burden than useful. Blessed other one is picking up slack.

[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

Just checked my Datejust. Looks good to me…

Kat


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Glad to hear. My dj 40, sub, exp 2 are fine it’s just my dd40. My black exp 2 had a high date.


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[123Blueface]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

Glad to hear. My dj 40, sub, exp 2 are fine it’s just my dd40. My black exp 2 had a high date.


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I bet it’s a simple fix. Probably how it was fitted when dropped in place. Has happened with dials to some.

[Kevin of Larchmont]

Confirmed the date on my black Exp II 226570 purchased last year is perfectly centered but I bet I could take a picture that makes it look high.

[johnk]

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[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

Confirmed the date on my black Exp II 226570 purchased last year is perfectly centered but I bet I could take a picture that makes it look high.

Once i get out of the gym ill just take a pic from the side of the watch under the cyclops you can clearly see it was positioned high. That is the easiest way.



Here is is. Really difficult to get this pic but you can see the date is clearly higher on the dd than on the sub which has about double the amount of white space above the date. I will say my DD isn’t nearly as bad as some of the other watches i posted at least you can see the white on top of the date still.



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[Kevin of Larchmont]

I see you are quite troubled by this. I wish you peace.

[CHRONOLEX]

I have noticed that the date centering is especially bad in recent year SkyD. My 2017 is perfect.

[CHRONOLEX]

Beautiful collection btw

[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

I see you are quite troubled by this. I wish you peace.

Lol thanks i really don’t care much just want Rolex to be better. It isn’t the best feeling though spending 40k on a watch though and having qc issues that my way less expensive pieces don’t have


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[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by CHRONOLEX

I have noticed that the date centering is especially bad in recent year SkyD. My 2017 is perfect.

Interesting observation. I’d say this started happening much more with 32xx movements which would reinforce your statement. I’ve had like 30 different Rolex’s or so and this has never been an issue. Thanks for the compliment btw!


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[amh]

Be happy your eyes are still good enough to see the date!

Looks like this to me:

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

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Look a plain and simple fact the date wheel cannot move,but when the put the dial on the movement top plate there is a very very tiny w bit of lateral movement both ways But many of today's Rolex love to examine their watches for very very miniscule what they call faults,I sometimes wonder why these people buy Rolex watches perhaps to moan about them.

[phillyEagles]

Originally Posted by padi56

Look a plain and simple fact the date wheel cannot move,but when the put the dial on the movement top plate there is a very very tiny w bit of lateral movement both ways But many of today's Rolex love to examine their watches for very very miniscule what they call faults,I sometimes wonder why these people buy Rolex watches perhaps to moan about them.

The OP is expressing his displeasure about an aspect of a product he paid for with his own money. How is that moaning?

[2813308004]

I see what you’re talking about, you’re not crazy. It’s interesting that you have so many with the same issue. I think it would be a simple fix but it’s not something I would be bothered enough to address by itself if the watch had no other issues.

He’s referring to where the date is positioned in the window on the dial. Not how it’s positioned in the cyclops.

[brandrea]

My date is so off-kilter I can barely make it out





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[Mystro]

I have studied this date window font shift phenomena with my pics with many many Rolex watches over the years. Most always they look high BUT when turned on their side, the date becomes perfectly centered. I’m not saying some date windows might be slightly offset, but I’m almost positive the majority of them are correct.

I would recommend if you think your date window is off, roll through the date setting and see if it indexes different with different numbers.

[amh]

So to summarize: A non-issue created by looking at crappy internet pictures

[123Blueface]

Originally Posted by amh

So to summarize: A non-issue created by looking at crappy internet pictures

It’s a valid point relative to the DD40 as verified by some of us. It’s not just the angle photographed. But……..not something I would consider an issue to ponder too much on.

[JP_2015]

Nice collection!

[Duralex]

Originally Posted by amh

So to summarize: A non-issue created by looking at crappy internet pictures

Yup


Classic internet misinformation.

[928ktgold]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

To be honest all I see is you taking pictures at an angle that puts the date towards the top of the cyclops.

Exactly

[928ktgold]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

Gotta give you credit, you are committed to the bit.

Ha

[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by amh

So to summarize: A non-issue created by looking at crappy internet pictures

Not an illusion. Taken from under the cyclops at the same angle.





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[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by Mystro

I have studied this date window font shift phenomena with my pics with many many Rolex watches over the years. Most always they look high BUT when turned on their side, the date becomes perfectly centered. I’m not saying some date windows might be slightly offset, but I’m almost positive the majority of them are correct.

I would recommend if you think your date window is off, roll through the date setting and see if it indexes different with different numbers.

Your gmt looks perfect in both of those pics. I couldn’t have made it any clearer i mean i posted pics of under the cyclops where you can see the date is higher on the day date versus the submariner.


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[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

Your gmt looks perfect in both of those pics. I couldn’t have made it any clearer i mean i posted pics of under the cyclops where you can see the date is higher on the day date versus the submariner.


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People don't see what they don't want to see

Just Google rolex date off center

[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by phillyEagles

The OP is expressing his displeasure about an aspect of a product he paid for with his own money. How is that moaning?

It isn’t moaning. When you pay an extreme premium for a quality product you should respect quality in return. Especially when brands that cost orders of magnitude less can get it right.

Out of the 8 Rolex’s i’ve bought in the last 18 months only 3 have had minor issues like dial or date defects you can see with the naked eye. The rest were fine so I didn’t say anything.

Some people are such hyper rolex fan boys that they see it as blasphemous to criticize them in any way and prefer to live in a state of cognitive dissonance.

Imo this way of thinking gives Rolex owners a bad name and does a disservice to the brand to not hold
them accountable for things they get wrong.


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[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by padi56

Look a plain and simple fact the date wheel cannot move,but when the put the dial on the movement top plate there is a very very tiny w bit of lateral movement both ways But many of today's Rolex love to examine their watches for very very miniscule what they call faults,I sometimes wonder why these people buy Rolex watches perhaps to moan about them.

So then they can put the dial on top of the movement and if it moved laterally too much during application then put it on again until the date is centered better.

It isn’t hard to see as it’s literally under magnification and it isn’t nitpicking especially on a PM Rolex.


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[nighthawk77]

I see what you're saying OP and understand why you're annoyed at that.

My Submariner bezel is slightly misaligned but doesn't bother me enough to have it looked at. I'll mention when I take for a service and if it can be aligned properly then great.

Maybe you should do the same, or if you feel so inclined, take to your AD and see if there is anything that they can do. Maybe a simple fix if you can find an AD with an approved watchmaker in-house.

[MichelleP]

Originally Posted by amh

Be happy your eyes are still good enough to see the date!

Looks like this to me: