Rolex Crown at 6 O'Clock on Dials of 2018 Rolexes

[AIen]

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I'm brand new to the forum and to the Rolex club. Bought myself a SS Datejust 41 in Rhodium with Jubilee in Italy at an AD. Was watching some YouTube videos and got worried when I noticed my 6o'clock had the Crown instead of 30 between Swiss Made in almost all the videos.

Does that jsut mean my watch is newer / with new movements?

Thanks in advance.

[Budozer]

Originally Posted by AIen

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I'm brand new to the forum and to the Rolex club. Bought myself a SS Datejust 41 in Rhodium with Jubilee in Italy at an AD. Was watching some YouTube videos and got worried when I noticed my 6o'clock had the Crown instead of 30 between Swiss Made in almost all the videos.

Does that jsut mean my watch is newer / with new movements?

Thanks in advance.

Mean your watch is the latest 2019 model

[Budozer]

Mean yours is the new 2019 model. All datejust 41 come with the 3235 movement.

[Panych]

I think the crown does not indicate the new movement. Before 2018 no any Rolex watches had the crown regardless of type of movement. I have a DJ41 without the crown, although it has the new movement. So, in my opinion Rolex has simply changed a dial design for some models since 2018.

[THC]

Originally Posted by Panych

I think the crown does not indicate the new movement. Before 2018 no any Rolex watches had the crown regardless of type of movement. I have a DJ41 without the crown, although it has the new movement. So, in my opinion Rolex has simply changed a dial design for some models since 2018.

Agree 100%

[zian]

Originally Posted by sensui

Personally. I dislike it from the pictures. Won't know exactly how much it bothers me till I see it in person. Not sure if this was a good decision...how many coronet do you need? Main one on dial....rehaut.....lec.....and now this. Unnecessary.

Fully agree, too cheesy, I prefer the simple swiss made

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by lecorsaire

Right now it differentiates models that have new movements from those with the older movements that are still in production. For example LN and BLNR no coronet, SS BLRO and CHNR coronet. TT Datejust 36 coronet, SS Datejust 36 no coronet.

Whether they will keep this in the future remains to be seen. I would say yes. Doesn’t make sense to introduce this only to kill it in a couple of years. Personally I’m not a huge fan but I don’t like change. I’m sure many hated the engraved rehaut and came to embrace it.

As for prices, impact will be zilch. What makes different dials disirable are different fonts, the way the text is lined up and how many lines of text a dial has all other things being equal. A coronet between Swiss Made that will be on hundreds of thousands of watches eventually doesn’t meet that criteria.

Just to clarify as this was a older thread:
The BLNR does have the new movement and coronet. The discontinued BLNR model doesn’t.

You can see the coronet at the bottom.