Newbie help request - Quickset or not?

[alphabeta81]

First off, thanks to the board. I had asked if I should get a Ulysse Nardin or SS DJ and I am going with the DJ. I will be buying a used one in excellent condition.

That said, I have 2 options which are identical looking (white face, roman dial, etc) but one is a Quickset and the other is not.

My questions for you

1) Is the quickset feature important? Or just another "nice to have but not a must"
2) The DJ Quickset is $2000 and the same looking DJ, no quickset, is $1700 -- which would you pick and why.

This will be my first Rolex, and I hope to wear it or have it for at least 5-10 years and then will be re-selling it to upgrade. So resale value does matter to me.

Thanks again to everyone for the help!

[imono]

I'd go for Quick Set.
Boom and you are done.
Can you imagine this scenario - today is the 10th and it shows 9th on the non quick set. You'd have to wind a good 29/30 days to catch up that one day.

[Watch Professor]

Quick set.

[Tools]

To me, this would depend on the condition of the watch and how new the quickset model is...

If we're talking a decade between the watches, I would take the newer one.. If they are in the same era, condition is the driver..

This is, of course, if I was wearing it all/most of the time and then a quickset wouldn't be such a big deal. If I only wore it ocassionally, then it is a bit of a pain to change the date if you have to go more than a few days with a non-quickset.........

[alphabeta81]

Both are from 1990 (same year). Condition is nearly identical. So basically, is it worth paying the extra 15% ($250 on a $1750 model) to get the Quickset?

And for resale value down the road, do you think buyers would avoid a non quickset model or is that not a big deal to most?

[Tools]

Originally Posted by srs144

Both are from 1990 (same year). Condition is nearly identical. So basically, is it worth paying the extra 15% ($250 on a $1750 model) to get the Quickset?

And for resale value down the road, do you think buyers would avoid a non quickset model or is that not a big deal to most?

I think that we have a bit of a puzzle here then.......... The quickset came out in 1977......... so, a DJ of 1990 should be so equipped and I would have to say that they both should not be from the same year... or one of them is broken..

perhaps we need to investigate the serial numbers and movements a bit closer...........

[alphabeta81]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I would have never caught this. And it turns out that the seller advertised them as both 1990 thinking I would know nothing but when I asked for the serial numbers the serial of the non quickset dates to 1968. I emailed the seller back this info and his reply was "well I wasnt being exact with the year" --- unreal! Thank you so much Larry, you saved me.

[gjz]

this might be late but still want to agree quickset is worth $250 I had to set my 78 date yesterday that stopped running the 15th of last month. it took two hands and a break where as my datejust bam couple turns and done

[The GMT Kid]

Originally Posted by srs144

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I would have never caught this. And it turns out that the seller advertised them as both 1990 thinking I would know nothing but when I asked for the serial numbers the serial of the non quickset dates to 1968. I emailed the seller back this info and his reply was "well I wasnt being exact with the year" --- unreal! Thank you so much Larry, you saved me.

Either the seller doesn't know what he is selling or he is deliberately trying to deceive you.

Not good either way.

[alphabeta81]

GMT Kid - you're right. I refuse to buy anything without asking this forum first, TRF members are the best --- lots of knowledge, generous with their time. Thank you again!