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Originally Posted by joker_batman
Silver dial, fluted, jubilee, stick hand, no railroad track or anything but clean similar baton markers. Stainless steel has always felt like it has the most timeless classic appeal to me
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Originally Posted by KeithP
36mm, steel/fluted bezel/jubilee bracelet with silver stick dial.
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I agree with the above; steel, silver stick dial, fluted, jubilee. Try to buy a vintage Datejust from the 60s, 70s or 80s, and probably >50% of the examples are in this configuration or something very close to it. Two-tone only really became popular in the later 70s and 80s from what I know, and we've already experienced a 10-20 year period where many people felt those watches looked dated (though they're coming back now).
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Originally Posted by pepsiretail
just because a configuration was very popular during the past does not necessarily make it the most timeless.
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Fair point. What is "timeless" supposed to mean? I think it means the watch does not look too "of the moment" today, and would be successful, from a style and design perspective, if transported into either the past or the future. The configuration discussed above obviously worked in past, and I think it will continue to do so in future, in part because it has cemented itself in many people's minds as one of the most quintessential watch designs.