Rolex Datejust Palm Dial model # 126234-0048
A U.S. Border Patrol Agent, wearing a Rolex Datejust with the olive green palm dial, reference 126234. It has been with him for trips and work days both, from Dubai to Mexico to Japan and multiple states across the United States, and on the job, "tracking and apprehending groups in the field." "Still collecting memories to later pass on to my children with this watch," he writes. Who is getting your watch after you, and do they know it yet? If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Rolex Datejust 126234
The Datejust is the oldest continuous idea in the Rolex catalog, introduced in 1945 as the first self winding waterproof chronometer wristwatch to show the date in a window. Reference 126234 is the modern 36mm expression: Oystersteel case, fluted white gold bezel, and inside, caliber 3235 with the Chronergy escapement, roughly 70 hours of power reserve, and Superlative Chronometer certification to plus or minus two seconds a day.
The olive green palm motif dial arrived in 2021, part of a run of nature themed Datejust dials, and briefly made one of the most conservative watches in the world controversial. Collectors argued. The watch did not care.
A Datejust on a working wrist is the original spec anyway. This was never meant to be a safe queen. Dubai, Japan, Mexico, the field. The children who inherit it will inherit all of that too.