Rolex

Is this one....

 

IMO you behold the perfect Rolex in all senses. It has all the qualities of the near-perfect new Sub-C, minus the ubiquity, plus that extra charm, WEIGHT and (that is the best feature...) color subtleties (metal, dial and bezel change colors depending on the external factors).

It actually weights MORE than my (now gone, cause too bulky and loud) DeepSea.

Congrats to Rolex for making (again) the perfect diver, at ease under the sea (i've used it for scuba diving), at ease as a beater (can take a lot) and at ease as a summer daily watch, when a strap makes you sweat, even for "near-dressy" occasions.

Surely a keeper. THE must-have Rolex, IMHO.

No worries about the scratches: each scratch makes it more beautiful and lovable, the little scars of life fully lived!

Indeed, an advantage of gold is that it scratches easily: i hate a sports watch that looks "new".

OTHER OPINIONS?

BW,

Fred

Not for me, as I still find it a bit too bulky, specially when you compare the size of the lugs and the narrow bracelet, but the most important is that YOU love it.

For me, the perfect Submariner is a Big Crown ( 6538 / 5510: 6200 or Tudor 7922 / 7924 ), which are true SS toolwatches.

But I still have in mind POY's pictures during his last holidays in Mauritius, and I can understand the charm of this one.

Enjoy!

Best,

Nicolas.

actually, this should be a great thread.....

really appreciate it?
Judging from the pictures I find the pale blue well... very pale (would prefer a navy blue)
The good think about this white gold is that it looks like steel. But then, what's the point? Especially for a sports watch?
Sorry for my provocative comments but your are asking for OTHER opinions.

Best regards
Ztirual

Gold that looks like steel is precisely what you're after with a watch like this one.
But it does not really look like steel: there is a difference, and the subtlety of that difference is what you come to love a lot when you own the watch.

Regarding the blue, i have nothing more to say than this: after the "iznik" blue of the 18th Century Ottoman tiles in Istanbul, this is the most beautiful blue tone created by man that i have ever seen. And i look a lot, bcs blue is my favorite color.

Valuable but unpretentious. Precious and discrete. Oceanic and vaporous. Heavy and ethereal. Classic but uncommon... The paradoxes in this watch are part of what i like about it.

Thanks for your comments.

Thank you for taking the pain to answer my provocative comment.
I also felt it was a watch one really has to own to feel that subtle difference between white gold and steel.
Your comment about the that blue colour and your linking it to the blue found in Isnik tiles strikes a chord in me
Regards

Ztirual

I am not sure ztirual did miss the point....

I didn't intend to imply that my opinion is the only one right. I'm not so naïve. Sorry if that was unclear.

And, by the way, i don't like vintage rolexes: so your point must be right

BW,

Fred

 

 

we will have to work on that vintage passion......

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I got mine a little over a month ago,, i really is a lovely looking timepiece. My favorite Rolex for sure.

I am sure that you will enjoy it a lot and never grow tired.

If you don't have a Sub in your collection, you don"t have a collection. If I could only own one watch, it would be a Sub.

I suppose this qualifies the Sub as something more iconic than an icon, more classical than a classic... A must have for anyone minimally interested in watches...

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The weight is impressive. You feel the quality of the case and bracelet immediately. The blue dial is brilliant and uplifting. I just haven't come to terms with a gold diver yet. If it was steel I'd have one without question. But for diversity and dressy occasions... why not? Best,

when it was intro'd. I wore it and loved it, but as time passed, the price began to seem absurd. Considering a wg daytona can be had for about the same, LIST, anyway... Ignoring price or a minute, I love the watch, very striking, yet I still have misgivings about the new Sub design overall... I'd be very happy to own this watch. Enjoy it.

I much prefer this watch to a wg Daytona.

There are TONS of chronos much much better than the Daytona, from the high end brands. Yet the Sub is and will remain the King of classic divers, at least of divers on metal bands.

If you don't mind scratches (i don't), gold makes sense for a diver, as the resistance to corrosion from salt water is far better than that of steel.

It makes the watch a genuine tool, as well as unpretentiously elegant for the Summer. A Rolex is as hard as a mechanical watch can be, anyway, and with this touch of difference given by the weight and the blue, you get the maximum versatilty plus those special colors.

And you don't see it everyday on everyone else's wrist!

Yesterday in a small airplane i spotted 4 steel Submariners in 10 seconds, by the time i reached the toilets...

The SS Sub is a victim of its own success!

Fred