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Did the typical two tone datejust shoot up in price these last 10 years? I know it’s “basic” but I always sort of liked it. I feel like about 7-10 years ago I looked it up and at ~2k used it was way out my early 20s price range. Now I look it up and it seems like listings are around 10k. Am I just remembering really cheap ones and now fixating on really expensive ones or is this a thing that is measurable? I thought it was SS sporty Rolexes that had the absurd bubble, not precious metal and two tone dress Rolexes
 

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Did the typical two tone datejust shoot up in price these last 10 years? I know it’s “basic” but I always sort of liked it. I feel like about 7-10 years ago I looked it up and at ~2k used it was way out my early 20s price range. Now I look it up and it seems like listings are around 10k. Am I just remembering really cheap ones and now fixating on really expensive ones or is this a thing that is measurable? I thought it was SS sporty Rolexes that had the absurd bubble, not precious metal and two tone dress Rolexes
Everything Rolex is absurd now.
 

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In the interest of being bipartisan, here are pictures of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wearing a Patek Philippe 5205G Annual Calendar. Contemporary and understated. Nice call, CJ Roberts!
 

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In the interest of being bipartisan, here are pictures of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wearing a Patek Philippe 5205G Annual Calendar. Contemporary and understated. Nice call, CJ Roberts!
He must be on the waitlist for a Nautilus 5726.
 

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Did the typical two tone datejust shoot up in price these last 10 years? I know it’s “basic” but I always sort of liked it. I feel like about 7-10 years ago I looked it up and at ~2k used it was way out my early 20s price range. Now I look it up and it seems like listings are around 10k. Am I just remembering really cheap ones and now fixating on really expensive ones or is this a thing that is measurable? I thought it was SS sporty Rolexes that had the absurd bubble, not precious metal and two tone dress Rolexes

IIRC as recent as '16/17 you could buy a used DJ for around $2500 USD - now they're around $4000.
 

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I went to Rolex Forums to check their thoughts on the new Zenith chronograph. I was expecting the watch to be slagged as a Daytona wannabe, and was pleasantly surprised when most posters, aside from the Rolex fanboys, were complementary of the watch. Some even said they preferred the Zenith on the merits, regardless of the wait time for the Daytona.
 

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I went to Rolex Forums to check their thoughts on the new Zenith chronograph. I was expecting the watch to be slagged as a Daytona wannabe, and was pleasantly surprised when most posters, aside from the Rolex fanboys, were complementary of the watch. Some even said they preferred the Zenith on the merits, regardless of the wait time for the Daytona.

I would instantly pay an AD for a Daytona right now, but as has been discussed before, that just isn’t in the cards for folks like me without 100k purchase history. The zenith has a lot of things going for it on the merits alone, like the movement, rather than just being a Daytona copy (which I don’t think it is, but understand the argument going the other way). That, plus availability at retail immediately makes the Zenith very attractive and is something I might purchase this year, rather than continue to wait for a Rolex sports model that will never come.

I think ultimately what Zenith is doing is brilliant - they have a long history of chronos and see the intense desire for the ceramic bezel, stainless steel models and are fitting a great piece into a marketplace dying for something accessible. For that reason alone, Zenith is a huge winner in my book with this move, and I certainly am likelier to have one on my wrist than a Daytona in 2021, even if I could afford either at retail.

my two cents.
 

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