Is The Rolex Day Date The Best Watch in The World?
The $99 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date is not only a luxury watch but can also prove to be a a great boost to your confidence. Its unique and highly recognisable design, exceptional craftsmanship and the prestige status of the Rolex brand make it one of the most sought-after watches in the world.
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Launched in 1956, the Rolex President Day-Date remains the brand's signature status watch. Known as the choice watch of presidents, leaders, and diplomats, the Day-Date is still a popular symbol of success today; and its fans now include celebrities and even the younger set. The mens Day-Date was a step above the iconic Datejust by becoming the world's first watch to display the day of the week in full. Exclusively crafted in either gold or platinum, and coupled with the specially made Presidential bracelet, the Day-Date represents the crown jewel of the Rolex line.
Size: 40mm x 12mm (Thickness)
Ref. No: 16710
Movement: Swiss Clone 3186 Automatic Movement with Functional GMT
Case: Polished 904L stainless steel case (same construction as genuine)
Crystal: Swiss Standard Scratch proof Sapphire Crystal, laser etched Rolex crown at 6 position
Dial: Black Dial
Bezel: Red/Blue Bi-Directional Rotating Bezel
Bracelet: Oyster Flip-lock Stainless Steel Bracelet with Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link
Clasp: Fold clasp
Back: Solid Case Back
Crown: Screw down crown with o ring
Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, GMT, Date at position 3 (set via crown)
Remark: 1:1 replicated from a genuine watch sample
Water Proof: 100 Meters/10ATM
What is special about Rolex GMT?
The 24-hour hand on the GMT-Master is useful for tracking a second time zone only when used in conjunction with the watch's most distinctive feature – the colorful rotating bezel. The large arrow at the end of the fourth hand points to a corresponding number on 24-hour bezel.
It makes one rotation of the dial every 24 hours, allowing the wearer to not only track another time zone but also determine if it is daytime or night. Most people set up their GMT watch so that the “normal” 12-hour hand displays local time, and the 24-hour hand displays that of another location.
You all know this watch. Nothing I can write here will likely change your feelings on it. Some are anxious to own one, and some are blatantly ignorant of its existence. It is of course, the 2018 Basel release Rolex Pepsi GMT Master 2 126710 BLRO, also known as simply “the Pepsi”.
When Rolex teased so elegantly its jubilee bracelet on their website before its official release, it lit the watch-web alight with speculation. Forums and chats were scrambling, what was it?! Could it be that Rolex would move ahead with another vintage inspired watch in their lineup? Adding to the hype machine that was, and still is, the Daytona?
I’ve been lucky enough to have been living with the Rolex Pepsi GMT since October 2018, and am privileged to share my thoughts with you.
Fake Watches in China
China has its fair share of fake goods. The global trade for fake goods is a USD465 billion-dollar industry, and the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong make up a staggering 85% of the market. To add a little perspective, the fake goods market is a bigger contributor to the global economy than the illegal drug trade.
We’re not just talking Louis Vuitton handbags, Armani suits and Yeezy boots. We’ve seen fake products ranging from Legos to frying pans and kitchen knives to cars and condoms. And recently, there have been reports of fake medicine and even food being snatched up by the authorities.
The range of quality of fake goods in China varies wildly, we’ve all seen the guy on the metro wearing a ‘Linkin Park, minutes to midnight’ t-shirt that reads ‘knickin pank, midnight to minutes,’ or the ayi head to toe in the finest Gukki.
Despite contributing a significant share of the fake goods industry, big brands don’t do as much as you might think to police these blatantly obvious rip-offs. Small fish, big pond. It’s the products that require experts, with years of training to spot the real from the fake, that really worry the major players in the luxury brands market.
Fake brands of the highest quality aren’t cheap. The best fake Hermes bag from Beijing’s infamous Silk Road Market will set you back several thousand yuan. Still, this is nothing in comparison to the several tens of thousands of US dollars that the real thing would cost.
CG, a business pseudonym, makes and sells fake goods in China. We’ve seen CG sell an assortment of goods from remote control cars to washing machines.
We spoke with CG to learn about the industry and understand exactly how fake goods are made in China.
“Many years ago, Nike’s factories were in China. Later, the wages of Chinese labor increased, so Nike moved [some of] its factories to different countries in Southeast Asia. But the manufacturing technology remained in China, so we can continue to produce,” CG says via WeChat. Although he types in near-perfect English, he’s apprehensive about speaking over the phone.
Despite selling just about anything, CG’s main outlet is shoes, followed closely by clothes, bags and accessories. Like many of these sellers, their products differ in terms of quality.
