No Date Sub.

[damoos91]

Is there any reason aside from price that one would buy a no date sub? Maybe its a sign you have an extraordinary memory?

[Kyle3130]

The Submariner is more pure and true to the original design than the Submariner Date. I bought the 14060M because it is my generation's version of the original Submariner. It is the most aesthetically pleasing design to me.

[Matt93]

Personally I think the no date version looks better.

[Grumpy Badger]

Originally Posted by Kyle3130

The Submariner is more pure and true to the original design than the Submariner Date. I bought the 14060M because it is my generation's version of the original Submariner. It is the most aesthetically pleasing design to me.

Give that man a cigar. You just saved me some typing.

[rastaman vibrations]

The no date is nearly symmetrically perfect which is actually quite rare. For an OCD individual like me who really notices and pays attention to small details like that, the No date sub is extremely aesthetically pleasing, and significantly more so than the dated version.

[FeelingTheBlues]

I find a lot of dateless watches very nice and the 14060 is one of them, I like the Submariner Date as well but if I had to choose I believe I'd probably go with the original one.

[eeh100773]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

I find a lot of dateless watches very nice and the 14060 is one of them, I like the Submariner Date as well but if I had to choose I believe I'd probably go with the original one.

Carl, by saying that you'd go with the original one, I assume you are referring to the No Date Sub over a Date Sub....

For me, the decision to go No Date (14060) over Date (16800) was not just an aesthetic one. Almost every Sub I come across out there in the world is a Date Sub, and I like having the more 'rare' piece. I even had a guy argue with me over it last summer: he was adamant that all (read: ALL) Rolex Submariners have the date & Cyclops. I guess he was calling mine a fake....I guess.

[busytimmy]

If I were to purchase again I'd go no-date also.

[dukerules]

What a great question!

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by damoos91

Is there any reason aside from price that one would buy a no date sub? Maybe its a sign you have an extraordinary memory?

Or I just prefer the way it looks and I do not need to have a date on my watch

[FTX I]

I like both and hopefully I'll end up having both.

[GradyPhilpott]

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

That's why Rolex makes the Submariner and the Submariner Date.

Rolex doesn't make a Submariner without a date.

Rolex makes a Submariner with a date.

[Chainring]

Rolex does indeed make a Submariner without a date (complication) and many, like me, prefer it for it's clean simple looks. Also, my eyesight ain't what it used to be so I can barely read the date anyway.

[Rolexitis]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

That's why Rolex makes the Submariner and the Submariner Date.

Rolex doesn't make a Submariner without a date.

Rolex makes a Submariner with a date.

[Rolexitis]

Less is more

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by eeh100773

Carl, by saying that you'd go with the original one, I assume you are referring to the No Date Sub over a Date Sub....

For me, the decision to go No Date (14060) over Date (16800) was not just an aesthetic one. Almost every Sub I come across out there in the world is a Date Sub, and I like having the more 'rare' piece. I even had a guy argue with me over it last summer: he was adamant that all (read: ALL) Rolex Submariners have the date & Cyclops. I guess he was calling mine a fake....I guess.

Eddie, you assumed well!

I do consider the looks of a watch a lot before buying or letting one pass as I figure that it is what I will notice the most on it. It's not the only thing I look at but I must think about the aesthetics of a watch at least a bit as I'm not the type to buy a watch I don't like...

However, although I haven't written it in my post I must say I like the way you think, a lot of watches I bought (even the simplest ones) had that little something that made them unique and different (even if it's only a tad) when compared to other similar models. When it comes to the Submariner, the date is nice but I must agree with you, the 14060 (and others alike, of course) has a little something more unique, especially nowadays with all the Rolex with dates we see.

There's nothing wrong with a cyclops on a watch, my Datejust has one and the Day-Date, another one of my must-have's, as well but since those offer that complication and since I find them very beautiful with them I know I would rather go with a Submariner that doesn't have one.

[azguy]

Originally Posted by damoos91

Is there any reason aside from price that one would buy a no date sub? Maybe its a sign you have an extraordinary memory?

Are you serious

It's simple, uncluttered and absolutely perfect IMHO

[Rolexitis]

One more

[Jack T]

Holy smokes, here we go again!

I bought mine because I had a DateJust and wanted a sports watch, a classic piece, but a cleaner, more simple look.

[Presa canary]

Nope... Just price.

[landroverking]

To me the Sub just looks cleaner than the Sub Date.
One of the reasons I'm a fan of the SD.

[Rolexitis]

Baskin Robbins has 31 flavor because everybody likes something different. Watches are the same. Buy what YOU like and that's that.

[Jack T]

Originally Posted by damoos91

Is there any reason aside from price that one would buy a no date sub? Maybe its a sign you have an extraordinary memory?

What was the question again?

[kilyung]

Symmetry is a beautiful thing

[Racerdj]

I'm glad we have both to choose from.

[Tudor Fan]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

That's why Rolex makes the Submariner and the Submariner Date.

Rolex doesn't make a Submariner without a date.

Rolex makes a Submariner with a date.

What he said.

[joere]

Originally Posted by Rolexitis

Less is more

Agree. That's why four lines are two too many.

[Rolexitis]

Originally Posted by joere

Agree. That's why four lines are two too many.

well.....

[salty_snack]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

That's why Rolex makes the Submariner and the Submariner Date.

Rolex doesn't make a Submariner without a date.

Rolex makes a Submariner with a date.

Well said...

[cop414]

Originally Posted by Kyle3130

The Submariner is more pure and true to the original design than the Submariner Date. I bought the 14060M because it is my generation's version of the original Submariner. It is the most aesthetically pleasing design to me.

Originally Posted by rastaman vibrations

The no date is nearly symmetrically perfect which is actually quite rare. For an OCD individual like me who really notices and pays attention to small details like that, the No date sub is extremely aesthetically pleasing, and significantly more so than the dated version.

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

That's why Rolex makes the Submariner and the Submariner Date.

Rolex doesn't make a Submariner without a date.

Rolex makes a Submariner with a date.

I opened this thread when there were no responses, I knew that if I waited a couple hours that I wouldn't have to do much typing.
All the above... x 100!