Episode 58: The Day-Date Download
Hairspring15 Mars 2025

Episode 58: The Day-Date Download

This week is all about the Rolex that moved the brand from tool watches to luxury: the Day-Date. We cover the beginnings, chronology, famous wearers, advertising, interesting dials, and everything down to the Oysterquartz Perpetual Calendar (you read that right). It’s a more granular episode than most, but if you’ve been looking to get up to speed with the President, here’s a quick download. Plus, what should a successful private mountaineering guide spring for at 75k?


Links Mentioned:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/jean-claude-killy-6236-rolex-datocompax


https://hairspring.com/products/8171-padellone-yellow-gold_43285


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/stelline-dial-6062-rolex-triple-calendar-moonphase


6510:


https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080116/293


6511:


https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080115/40


Steel Prototype:


https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6394633


Eisenhower Datejust at Auction:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ikes-rolex-doesnt-sell-rr-auction


Kennedy Omega:


https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/chronicle/1960-to-a-future-president


Kennedy Day-Date:


https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=115058


https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2008/07/history-of-rolex-president-part-9.html#gsc.tab=0


LBJ:


https://www.forbes.com/sites/msolomon/2016/10/04/a-brief-history-of-the-rolex-president-watch/


The 1803 (Just a Great Example of the Breed):


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/doorstop-dial-1803-rolex-day-date-pink-gold


1803 Castro (Lol at the ‘Freedom Fighter’ title on the Monochrome article):


https://monochrome-watches.com/fidel-castro-1926-2016-sportsman-freedom-fighter-rolex-wearer/


https://quillandpad.com/2019/02/27/wrist-watching-fidel-castro-and-his-gold-rolex-submariner/


Brezhnev:


https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2011/12/rolex-communists-leonid-brezhnev-and.html#gsc.tab=0


Saddam Hussein:


https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2019/09/rolex-tool-watching-middle-east-rolex.html#gsc.tab=0


Stella:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/burl-wood-dial-18039-rolex-day-date


Stone:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/bloodstone-dial-18239-rolex-day-date


Sequoia Wood:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/sequoia-wood-dial-1803-rolex-day-date


Burl/Birch:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/burl-wood-dial-18039-rolex-day-date


Khanjar:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/khanjar-rolex-day-date-1803-in-blue-wg


Rolex 1530:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/1530-rolex-oyster-perpetual-date-4


Oysterquartz:


https://hairspring.com/products/17000-oysterquartz-tropical-purple-pre-cosc-dial-steel


Oysterquartz Day-Date:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/birchwood-dial-19018-rolex-oysterquartz-day-date


Oysterquartz QP:


https://revolutionwatch.com/rare-finds-rolex-perpetual-calendar-oysterquartz/


Only Wrist:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/well-preserved-black-16570-rolex-explorer-ii


https://hairspring.com/products/25730st-royal-oak-dual-time-steel


Dual Time Everest:


https://hairspring.com/products/7910v-everest-overseas-dual-time-titanium


Chronograph:


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/everest-vacheron-constantin-overseas-chronograph


6542:


https://hairspring.com/collections/exclusives/products/6542-gmt-master-steel


Day-Date Ad that Doesn’t Track:


https://www.adpatina.com/products/1969-rolex-day-date-ref-1803-taming-oil-well-fires-advertisement

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