Rolex

The hotel is literally a maze of pink buildings with red tile roofs meandering up and down the long canyon property. Dozens of species of trees provide shade and interest to the hotel grounds.

As we managed to arrive a bit earlier than scheduled (a miracle, given the traffic!) we wandered around a bit, enjoying the foliage and the enormous oval pool. Rooms start at $500 a night, if you are interested.

Sorry, with the new P15 on my wrist I couldn't resist engaging with a water feature in the hotel.

The wine and cigar menu was very impressive, but we stuck to popcorn with truffle oil, as we knew there would be goodies at the presentation.

And there were goodies, indeed. This is not your Grandad's Rolex! Fully-waterproof and functional, this Yacht-Master could be used while sailing, the nice lady said, with a triangular diamond conveniently pointing at 12. I couldn't help but wonder what this would look like with a blue dial and green glass, like the Milgauss of a few years ago!



Next to it in the case was the lovely Cellini Moonphase. There are a lot of fine details in this watch - the dial is lacquer, the moon disc is blue enamel, and the moon itself is a slice of meteorite. I was told this is only the second moonphase model that Rolex has ever produced.



There were several Sky-Dwellers to dwell upon ...





and a whole case of sport watches too. I was struck by the number of watches presented on rubber straps - from the bejeweled Yacht-Master to the three Daytonas.

Keeping the conversation about the Sea Dweller in mind, I noticed the lack of curvature in the lugs/case area which stood out from the other watches.



Might this help explain some of its intimidating presence to the wrist ??



I like the look of the Yacht-Master II, and can understand how it works. 



What I have a hard time imagining is operating it successfully while flailing around in the harbor with a couple dozen other sailboats!

The rest of the watches - such as these three Daytonas - seemed to be filling small niches in the product lines.







Thanks for taking another look at the new Rolexes, and thanks to the Rolex team for their information and refreshments. We also had a lovely chat with some of account managers who handle Rolex motorsports PR, who invited us to visit some of their exhibits this summer in Southern California.



Cazalea

For the rest of our LA trip report, you may want to CLICK over to the Zenith Forum. Cheers!

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