Full Restoration of a Gold Rolex Day-Date From 1958!

Marshall restores another vintage watch, this time it's an awesome Rolex Day-Date from 1958! After the owner went through a tough time caring for his elderly Mother, his wife bought him this watch as a way to remember his Mom.

Now it's Marshall's task to not only get it running right, but also do a full restoration on it! Enjoy this one, it's quite a journey!

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[durangodave]

i am caring for my elderly dad now as well 91 this month. Its bitter sweet in so many ways.

[Theo-ulqm]

Amazing how similar this Day Date is to modern ones. Same size, and pretty much the exact same case shape. They've got a design winner right there.

[Dark-Will]

Thanks for your beautiful videos. They make my day ❤

[Kingstonsmac]

Hands down the best watch channel in existence. Incredible content my friend.

[mrkrabs-hlgi]

A stunning watch, absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Wish i still had mine

[Bruceneuman]

Watching these videos proves to me that I could never be a watch maker. But the patience and care that M takes comes through beautifully. I so enjoy watching and listening. And how incredible is the mechanical watch. Pure genius.

[dreitzell]

I really love this channel. Thank you so much. Secondly, I know people like to hate on Rolex, but they really do make quality products. Amazing to see a watch from the 50’s still in that shape. Amazing video.

[Mick_English]

Recently found your channel pop up in my home page. Never thought I'd love this content so much. Your narration is also brilliant.

[Thelegendofme]

I am a mechanical engineer, I can tell you with pretty high certainty that, polishing the watch case by hand with those ultrafine polishing boards likely removed several times as much material than an electric high speed polishing wheel would have.

I love watching the skill, the professionalism and the very interesting walk through you show on each watch. It is medicine for my soul and food for my brain. Thank You from Calgary, Canada.

[MrTruckerf]

That is beautiful! Great video, as usual.

[leonardogranados]

I'm not a watches fan, but this one is outstanding . Excellent job !!!

[DuduOhsson]

I think the case polishing job (especially caseback) could benefit from more specialized tools. You can tell the caseback was not taped off in a circle. Would be cool to see a real case reprofiling.

[bensontongue]

Marshall - Not sure if you know about it or not when I noted in your woman's datejust video you commented that she desired it brought back to like-new condition you didn't do anything with the pins holding together the links of the bracelet. Depending on the age of the jubilee bracelet, you can get 2 tools, for several hundred dollars, that allow you to separate and then reassemble all the links. The bracelet's extreme looseness that was obvious in the video is VERY common due to wear of the pins. Replace the worn pins with new ones (sourced from England) and the bracelet will again be "like new". I had this done to my wife's Rolex and the difference was striking. Rolex doesn't offer this service - they'd prefer that you send them the old bracelet (so they can take the thousand buck's worth of gold from the links for themselves) and then sell you a new bracelet for 4-5 thousand additional bucks. The imponderable is if you work on enough gold jubilee bracelets to make it worth your while.

[cortoolei-pearson]

I always enjoy your content but this one was exceptional and not because of the watch.
When you mentioned full restoration my immediate reaction was " No Marshall, sacrilege, the patina is beautiful " but at the end you nailed it, what a beautiful result, hats off to you Marshall. And I have a guilty secret, I also find polishing things by hand, slowly and smoothly is a very calming and satisfying process, your not alone !

[Hugo-lpik]

The service is really nice.... But the polishing... Please send it to a polisher, its a job..

[robertthegrape]

How you remember where all the parts go and which screws go where impresses the devil out of me. That watch looks phenomenal. I sent this video to a former shipmate, who, I believe, purchased a Rolex while we were in the Mediterranean Sea in 1968. Thanks for this video.

[complicatedtime]

Your videos are awesome. That dial and case in amazing shape - hard to believe it’s over 70 years old. “President” refers to a style of bracelet made by Rolex: Oyster, Jubilee, President…. Are types of bracelets. The watch is called “Day-Date”.

[BrassMtn]

So happy to see you do a full restoration to like new! I too love the used patina look but it is a nice change of pace. Awesome work as always!

[MR_Robbers]

I love that the barrel...the heart of it all goes back in first.👍