Rolex Datejust II (116300, 116333, 116334) Buyer's Guide, Specs and Prices | Ultimate Watch

The Rolex Datejust II is the watch that dragged the world's most recognizable dress watch into the era of the 40mm-and-up wrist. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2009 as the answer to a decade of customers walking past the 36mm Datejust and asking for something bigger. The case grew to 41mm, the lugs got thicker, the bezel got wider, and inside went the caliber 3136, a movement with Paraflex shock absorbers that most 36mm Datejusts never received. It ran for a short seven years, 2009 to 2016, before Rolex replaced it with the slimmer, better-proportioned Datejust 41. That short life is exactly why it matters to us on the buy side. Rolex made a lot of them in a compressed window, they are discontinued, and they trade well under the price of a new Datejust 41. We buy and sell these every week at our counter at 19 W 47th Street, and a clean steel 116300 remains one of the least expensive ways to get a modern 41mm Rolex on Oysterflex-era build quality. It is chunky, it is honest, and it is priced like the market forgot how good it is.