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That's the two to eight o'clock position, same as the ten to four o'clock position. So basically, 26 millimeter watch, this is definitely sort of within the Lady Datejust size. Definitely smaller than a mid-size. I can still wear this, but it's definitely an accessory for me. The smaller your wrist, the bigger the wrist presence and therefore much more of a time piece. The overall finish here, nice and high polished along the sides. And as you would find in an Oyster Perpetual, you have the satin brushed finishing across the front of the case, going from top to bottom tapering down with the lugs to the integrated bracelet. Sitting on the very front, we have these smooth or domed steel bezel, all high polish as well. All of this made in Oyster steel. Oyster steel being Rolex's own proprietary blend of steel and the highest grades therein, as well as some other minerals to really make it a very, very high luster. Basically incredibly beautiful, incredibly bright in any lighting situation, and still maintaining the integrity of the highest grades of steel. You also have the silver dial here. Basically fitting in with the overall look of this watch. Basically the silvery chromatic or chrome like look here. So there's no specific color scheme that it goes with, which means that this is the most versatile when it comes to the color scheme of this watch. The dial itself has a, sort of like that gear shape patterning that you'd see on Oyster Perpetual Dates. And they just, where you have the sort of sunray or sunburst patterning on their little subtle on the silver because you get a lot more attention on the case and on the bezel, not that's a bad thing. It all fits together very nicely. 18 carat white gold hands, as well as applied index markers. If we take a look at the luminescence here, I didn't actually test this earlier, but we're seeing it now. There's hardly any luminescence, basically just on the hour and minute hands. This is, again, a very old watch. And so you won't expect something like Chromalight to really come and save you in the darkest times of the night. But if you need it, they are there. You can see it with your eyes no problem. The camera just had a little tough time picking it up because it's such a small watch and the hour man hands even smaller, but you can still see it at night nice and bright. Before Chromalights, so I believe this is the Super Luminova. It has that green tint to them. Now taking a look here at the dial itself, we also have, basically, the specification it isn't Oyster Perpetual Date. There are watches of the same reference with the same case size known as a Datejust, or a Lady Datejust, and they're basically the same when it comes to the overall capabilities. Hardly any differences. The differences are so small that I don't even need to lay them out here. Honestly, there's basically for most people, there's no difference. Now, taking a look here at the crown functions. Simply unwind the crown at the three o'clock position. The base position allows you to wind the watch. So about 20 to 30 full winds gets it to the full power reserve from a dead stop. Once you start feeling the resistance ramping up, that's when you can stop. Pull the crown out to the next position. Very carefully here. You can then advance the Date forward. Now this is an older movement, so you can actually continue to wind the crown clockwise to advance it forward. It's about a 1/4 turn, maybe a little bit less than that to advance it by one. Ticks forward very nicely. And the date in the aperture, nice and bolded with that white background and black text giving you the highest contrast. So you always have a clear view of it. Very easy to read. Also, thanks to that sapphire crystal with the Cyclops lens magnifying that date window. Small on the dial, nice and big to your eyes. Pull the crown out to the last position and note that there is a hacking function here. Stops that seconds hand, so you can then set the minute hand precisely wherever it needs to go. And thanks to the index marks on the dial itself, you can actually set the time nice and precise. Press the crown back in once you have the seconds hand, minute, and hour set up to a reference time to get it started up once again, and screw the crown back in tightly against the case to ensure the superior water resistance. About 100 meters or 330 feet below sea level, nothing too different from Rolex, but still the same standard that they've kept for many, many years and decades at this point. So what makes all this work on the inside? Check my notes here, it is the 2135. So what does a 2135 entail? Well, when it was first introduced, it was demonstrated as the highest first time pass rate of any movement tested by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute. It has 20 millimeter diameter, 5.8 millimeter thickness, 29 joules. All of that together gives you 20, or I believe 42, yes, 42 hours of power reserve. Basically that means you can wind the watch to its full potential, wear it on your wrist, and even the natural movements of your wrist will wind the perpetual rotor which charges that power reserve, keeping it all the way up. If you set it down on a Friday evening, you can pick it up Sunday afternoon. Basically. Give it a little wind and once you come back to Monday you just put it back on your wrist. No need to wind the watch thereafter. Very good from Rolex there. You have also a Jubilee bracelet. When I'm zoomed out here you can see it's a five piece link across. So you have the three links, intermediate high polish, all Oyster steel, same with the outer links, also Oyster steel, but sand brushed finished in a little bit larger to give it a little bit more strength in the durability there. Nice and high polished along their flanks, satin brushed finishing underneath. Looks excellent on the outside. Feels even better on the inside. You also have the Oyster folding clasp here with the raised Rolex crown logo, all satin brushed finish, as you can see. Pull from the top to unhook it, and there you have the full Rolex stamp logo on the inside, full steel construction. You also have a little intermediate sizing here, if you really need to. About six holes in total. So if you have this watch sized perfectly to your wrist, set it to a smaller position and then you can move it outward as you need. But you will require some sort of tool, at least a paperclip or a very strong paperclip, to do that micro adjustment there. While I'm here I'll try it on my wrist one more time. Again, this one's not really made for me because, well as you saw earlier in the video, I did have a little bit of a hard time getting it over my hand, but here it is on my wrist. Seven inches in circumference, this watch. 26 millimeters in case size. It is rather small for me. If I can adjust it a little bit better here. Okay. Now looking at it on the wrist for me, pretty good in terms of the versatility actually when it comes to, you know, basically you can wear this with anything. The silver dial makes it incredibly versatile, probably the most versatile dial you'll ever get aside from white or black even. But the mid-tone sort of silvery look goes great with anything and still very much fits in with sort of like a black and gold color scheme, should you decide to go with that, or any other luxurious color scheme. It will go with that. It's very, very versatile in that regard. Now again, my wrist seven inches, that kind of unrealistic for a watch like this size, but just to demonstrate. No space under the lugs, it fits very snug on me. Not that that's an issue. There's basically the Jubilee bracelet giving very, very low tolerance to the links here. So that basically it will wick away sweat. It breathes, it allows the risk to breathe and it will never pinch your skin because, yeah, that's just how Rolex does. They've been doing this for many years and decades no different, even on these older 90s watches. So basically a very, very good watch in terms of the, I guess, overall look. Very versatile when it comes to the color scheme there. And again, the smaller your wrist maybe down to even five inches in circumference, this will become a better time piece for you. For me, kind of a more of an accessory. A very, very, very pretty accessory and also incredibly accurate with the 28,800 vibration per hour beat rate. Four Hz basically means that it takes eight times per second. You get the same accuracy out of this as what you get from a modern Date Oyster Perpetual, or even a Datejust, or a Lady Datejust. A 28 millimeter that they have these days. So you get the same exact functionality just at a slightly reduced cost because this is an older model. But enough of what I think, what do you guys think about this watch? Let us know down in the comments below. Be sure to leave a like. Be sure to comment, subscribe, and hit the bell notifications so you can be notified when we go live with another video like this one. As always, if you like to purchase this watch or any other watch new, used, or discontinued, we can get it for you here at Jaztime. Links in the description below where you can get it for the lowest possible price anywhere online. Thanks for watching. Take care. We'll see you in the next video. Oh, by the way, the reference number for this one, six, nine, one, six, zero. This one, a Oyster Perpetual Date silver dial, index hour markers, Jubilee bracelet. Forgot to specify that. Thanks for watching.