Wednesday, January 20, 2021

A New Rolex President: President Joe Biden wearing a stainless steel Rolex Datejust


Image above of Joe Biden's first day in Oval Office. Photo: Jim Watson/Getty Images. 




A New Rolex President


President Elect

 Joe Biden

Stainless Rolex Datejust

Joseph Biden was sworn in today as the 46th President of the United States and as we see in the photo below Biden was wearing his stainless steel Rolex Datejust which First Lady, Jill Biden gave him as a Christmas gift.
 
Image above of Joe Biden's inaugural address. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images. 

In the photo below we see a close-up of President Joseph Biden's stainless steel Rolex Datejust on his wrist.



Joseph Biden is pictured below with his wife as he takes the oath of office of the President of The United States and notice he is wearing his stainless steel Rolex Datejust on a Jubilee bracelet.



Nick Gould discovered this next photo which shows former President Barack Obama hugging his former Vice President Biden after the inauguration. Notice President Obama is wearing his Rolex Cellini. It is fascinating to note that both President's of The United States in this photo are wearing Rolex watches...



This next image from Reuters shows President Biden inside the capital signing his Inauguration Day proclamation as well as nominations for his cabinet and sub-cabinet after his swearing-in ceremony and we see the Rolex Jubilee bracelet on his wrist.



I published the story below on January 8th, 2021:


Looks like we have a new chapter of Rolex Presidential history unfolding. Eagle-eyed Rolex watch spotter, Nick Gould made an amazing discovery today when he discovered President Elect Joseph Biden wearing a stainless steel Rolex Datejust as seen below.

President Elect Joe Biden Wearing Stainless Steel Rolex Datejust appears courtesy of AP.


If we zoom in we can seen more detail that allows us to make a positive ID as seen below.


If we do a Bladerunner zoom in we can see even more detail which reveals a Rolex Cyclops Date Window Lens and we also notice there are no crown guards.



Nick and I have been trying to identify the exact Rolex Datejust model President Elect Biden is wearing and our best guess is that he is wearing a modern DATEJUST 41 with a smooth bezel as pictured below. If you look very closely at the zoomed in photo above you can see the serial number on the bottom of the rehaut and it appears Biden's dial is dark.





Of course, I'm naturally curious to learn who gave President Elect Biden his Rolex? Maybe it was from his former partner, former U.S. President Barak Obama who is pictured below wearing his Rolex Cellini 38MM Reference 50509 in white gold?



President Biden will be joining a long list of U.S. President's who wear Rolex as we see the photo below of potentially outgoing U.S. President Donal Trump rocking his yellow gold Rolex Day-Date model...




U.S. President Clinton is pictured below wearing a white gold or platinum Day-Date model as seen on his wrist in the photo below.


President Lyndon Johnson is the person who is really most responsible for nicknaming the Rolex Day-Date as the "Rolex President" as he referred to it as "The President's Watch." In another fascinating twist of fate, Lyndon Johnson began wearing his Rolex when he was President Elect of the United States in December of 1964!?!!


The Rolex Magazine ad below was originally published in 1966 and uses the term "The President's Watch."


President Ronald Reagan wore a Rolex Date on a Jubilee Bracelet for many decades and we see him in the photo below taken in 1965. It is interesting to note that Reagan's stainless steel Rolex on a Jubilee watch looks very similar to President Biden's Rolex pictured at the top of this story.




President Dwight Eisenhower is the first U.S. President I documented wearing a Rolex, and ironically President Biden is wearing the same model of Rolex as Eisenhower which is a Rolex Datejust, although Eisenhower wore a yellow gold Datejust and Biden is wearing a stainless steel Datejust. You can learn much more about by reading my 18 Part story titled "The Complete History of The Rolex President."





Special thanks to Nick Gould for his significant contribution to this story!!!