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View Poll Results: Which do you have?
Classic only 19 8.44%
Professional only 82 36.44%
Both 124 55.11%
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Old 8 March 2024, 10:13 PM   #1
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…so which do you have ‘classic’ or ‘professional’?

…with watch references split on the Rolex website between classic and professional, which do you have?
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Old 8 March 2024, 10:46 PM   #2
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Both. Including a Z Blue which is a Professional model with a Classic case and dial. My Sky Dwellers are Classic in looks but have a professional complication. It's interesting when the lines get a bit blurred.
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Old 9 March 2024, 12:13 AM   #3
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Both. Including a Z Blue which is a Professional model with a Classic case and dial. My Sky Dwellers are Classic in looks but have a professional complication. It's interesting when the lines get a bit blurred.
If the Z-blue was considered to have been part of the "Professional" line, then all of mine are Professional
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Old 9 March 2024, 07:27 PM   #4
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If the Z-blue was considered to have been part of the "Professional" line, then all of mine are Professional
It was a Rolex Professional model. No consideration necessary.
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Old 8 March 2024, 10:55 PM   #5
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I’d say both.
Rolex are all professional at this point.
AP Royal Oak and PP Nautilus are…??
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Old 9 March 2024, 12:27 AM   #6
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I’d say both.
Rolex are all professional at this point.
AP Royal Oak and PP Nautilus are…??
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Old 8 March 2024, 11:15 PM   #8
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2 professional and 2 classic
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Old 8 March 2024, 11:36 PM   #9
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Old 8 March 2024, 11:48 PM   #10
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Old 8 March 2024, 11:59 PM   #11
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4 professional, 1 classic.
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Old 9 March 2024, 12:10 AM   #12
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Two professsional for me.

One professional, one classic for Andrea.
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Old 9 March 2024, 12:22 AM   #13
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One of each, with the next one likely to be another professional.
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Old 9 March 2024, 12:29 AM   #14
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I tried to like the datejusts. Had 3 different dials. For some reason I like they way they look on others wrists, but not mine. Professional models for me. The ceramic bezels are why I like Rolex.
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Old 9 March 2024, 04:11 AM   #15
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Both, but more Classic, than Professional.

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Old 9 March 2024, 04:13 AM   #16
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Both.

Have a BLNR & a DJ41

Next should be an Explorer I
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Next should be an Explorer I

Which I had to google, to find out it’s a professional model….

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Old 9 March 2024, 06:11 AM   #18
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Old 9 March 2024, 11:37 PM   #19
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Which I had to google, to find out it’s a professional model….

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Me too. Yet, the OP is classic when it’s essentially the same thing.

Yet, I sold my Explorer but ended up adding an OP that I’ve had for years.


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Me too. Yet, the OP is classic when it’s essentially the same thing.

Yet, I sold my Explorer but ended up adding an OP that I’ve had for years.


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That was my confusion, too. What makes the Explorer 1 a professional? Is it the black dial, or the 3,6,9 numerals? I suppose it’s the intended purpose…..

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Old 9 March 2024, 05:47 AM   #21
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I answered professional, but I think my Daytona has elements of both.
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Old 9 March 2024, 07:30 AM   #22
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Old 9 March 2024, 10:44 AM   #23
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Wife has 2 classic, the DJs. I have only professional.

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Old 9 March 2024, 11:21 AM   #24
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I have both and love both and really wouldn’t want one over the other.
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Old 9 March 2024, 11:37 AM   #25
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4pro and 1 classic.
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I have all professional models with the exception of this one classic that I recently added….and I love it. Such a refreshing change from large sport watches.




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Old 9 March 2024, 11:42 AM   #27
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Mostly professional, and 1 classic
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Old 9 March 2024, 04:07 PM   #28
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Old 9 March 2024, 04:31 PM   #29
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Both for me. 36mm datejust and 36mm explorer 124270
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Old 9 March 2024, 05:00 PM   #30
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I have all professional references.

Is anyone surprised by the results?
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