Hi - Its been awhile.

[spiker]

I've been away from this forum for quite awhile. So I ask your forgiveness.
My dilemma is I have a '98 2-tone Datejust (blue dial, jubilee) and a '04 2-tone Daytona (champagne dial) and a '09 stainless Daytona (black dial). I purchased all of these from authorized Rolex dealers. When I purchased these I bought them with the intentions of giving them to my sons and grandson. The trouble is that I'm still alive (thankfully)! Now I'm bored with the Datejust - I haven't worn it in at least 5 years. I have worn the 2-tone Daytona but it just isn't in me anymore. So, I'm thinking about either trading them in or selling them out right and then purchasing a Submariner Date 2-tone (black dial) or stainless (black dial). But I'm confused and need some advice - so any inputs? I'm planning on retiring next year and since the company I work for won't give me a "gold watch" then maybe I should give myself one! I do have a question regarding the "cerchrom" bezel. Does it stand up pretty well? Is it as nice as the older type bezel?

[GradyPhilpott]

Give the watches to your kids now, so that you can enjoy their pride and gratitude for your generosity while you can.

The ceramic bezel is highly fade, scratch and scuff resistant, but more brittle than aluminum.

There hasn't been a plethora of reports of breakage, but they have occurred, one of which happened to my ADs watchmaker when he was installing one on a watch. He said he didn't know how it happened, but he wasn't happy about eating the cost.

[Fiery]

The ceramic bezel has been out for almost 10 years now, and fortunately there's been no horror stories so far. So I'd say, it's a great invention that has very few drawbacks. It is a brittle material, but it's very hard to break it, so you probably will never be able to do it :) It's expensive to get it replaced, but most likely you will never have to get it replaced. And that's it, no more negative points.

As for your next watch, I agree about trading the less loved watches towards a more interesting piece. But, you absolutely have to go to an AD and try on the current models, steel, TT, white gold, yellow gold, all of them. Just by crawling this forum you will not be able to find your true love and come to the proper decision. There's nothing wrong with the watches you picked so far, but by throwing gold in the bag there're too many options even if you stay inside the Submariner range.

[tkerrmd]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Give the watches to your kids now, so that you can enjoy their pride and gratitude for your generosity while you can.

best advise ever and no better way to get maximum enjoyment out of your Rolex watches but enjoy seeing them on your family

SS watches I passed to my sons and daughter, and I am still alive and plan on it for a long time so they never would have gotten them!

[AK797]

Go for the Subc a lovely watch, if it's your only one then I'd get the TT for more visual interest.