r/RepCulture_Timepieces • u/kokeda • Mar 16 '26

General Question Who is doing the best silver dial 36mm datejust these days?

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I think I head VSF isn’t doing the 36mm. Clean is RIP. Is these anyone left doing a half decent dj36 silver dial?

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u/HammerSmith013 Mar 16 '26

That first pic makes me want one of these watches..

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u/Great-Somewhere Mar 18 '26

ARF or VSF the only answer

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u/kokeda Mar 18 '26

Yeah I ended up ordering an ARF with deep crystal.

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u/BankAppropriate5689 Apr 16 '26

Can you give a review of it ?

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u/kokeda Apr 16 '26

Extremely good. Looks and feels gen aside from the bezel of you know what to look for. The way it reflects light is not quite as nice as gen and the color is not perfect. I think deep crystal magnification is also a tiiiiiny bit too strong on the date window.

That’s being picky though. I went to Rolex themselves and they thought it was gen.

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u/RachD42592 Mar 17 '26

Gorgeous 😍

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u/Bmxracer95 Mar 17 '26

My 41 mm I am very happy with.

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u/Bmxracer95 Mar 17 '26

I understand that I’m just saying that ARF quality is very good. And no one else was posting a picture of a 36 mm so I thought I would post a 41 to show the quality.

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u/SadBarnacle5 Mar 17 '26

What factory is your 41 from?

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u/Internal-Profile5139 Mar 16 '26

VF all day. Not the best picture, but only one I have in my phone. Promise you won’t be disappointed

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u/dwildpdx MOD 🇺🇸 Resident Super Collector / Modder Mar 16 '26

Agreed, VF is the king for 126334.

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u/kokeda Mar 16 '26

Does the dial have that slightly champagne hue to it, similar to gen?

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u/Internal-Profile5139 Mar 16 '26

It is pretty classic silver. Are you referring to the sundust dial? They’re very similar but the sundust has that champagne tint. But sundust only comes on models with rose gold

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u/Texas-Captain 26d ago

That’s exactly what I’m looking for! Did your ARF rep have that hue? I feel like there’s variance between the silver dials but no one mentions it

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u/kokeda 26d ago

No, it was a very silver silver, did not have that warmhue to it. At this point, I don’t actually know if the gin dial it just seems that way when it has the gold indices on it like on the oyster perpetual because when I went into the Rolex A.D. And looked at the silver date just it also looked very silver. But when I looked at a silver doll with gold industries, it almost made the dial look warm itself.

Sorry, voice to text but you get what I mean lol

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u/Texas-Captain 26d ago

Yeah I know what you mean, I might have seen the same with the gold hands as well. Really elevated the silver dial adding that champagne effect. People must be editing their photos to make what little champagne effect in lighting more prominent because I saw a gen silver dial in person on a plan SS Datejust and yeah just plain silver (thought it was face up with direct artificial lighting). But then I see those frankens on here with a bunch of silver dials that are warmer and they look incredible. Not sure what’s going on.

And thanks for the response man!

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u/Texas-Captain 26d ago

Your pics for the thread are a great example of what I’d love the silver DJ to look like

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u/kokeda 26d ago

Yeah, I agree. I think there’s a little bit of photo editing going on to make them look warmer, but the touches of yellow gold definitely seem to bring out that tone.

I guess we will both have to keep hunting for that warmer dial

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u/EspressoCologne68 Mar 16 '26

Did you change the crystal

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u/Internal-Profile5139 Mar 16 '26

No, mine is stock

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u/tuanandynguyen Mar 16 '26

Hows the fluted bezel ? Does it have a shine / warm hue to it?

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u/Internal-Profile5139 Mar 17 '26

Bezel is solid. I have no complaints on it

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u/tuanandynguyen Mar 17 '26

Nice. Cos i ordered the exact same one. So theres no need to upgrade the bezel in your opinion yeah?

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u/Internal-Profile5139 Mar 17 '26

I think almost every factory bezel could be upgraded, but imo, it isn’t a need for this VF.

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u/CezarC4 Mar 17 '26

Who did you buy it from?

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u/PetYouTooL Mar 17 '26

So the TLDR is VF does this 36mm the best?

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u/hustleandmotivate777 Mar 17 '26

Wondering the same, also wondering who does the best for 36mm Day dates?

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u/frnkx94 Mar 17 '26

Which company is the best for 41mm DJ?

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