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Curious to know...will the Rolex Sky-Dweller....
dent Patek sales?
Although lacking the elegance of a Patek complication, I think Rolex deserve top marks for developing a new and innovative interpretation of an Annual Calendar watch.
The Rolex Sky-Dweller will be a little more affordable than similarly complicated Pateks.... will it be a case of either Rolex or Patek for most, or will we see a Sky-Dweller sitting alongside Pateks in collection cases?
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Curious to know...will the Rolex Sky-Dweller....
dent Patek sales? Although lacking the elegance of a Patek complication, I think Rolex deserve top marks for developing a new and innovative interpretation of an Annual Calendar watch. The Rolex Sky-Dweller will be a little more affordable than similarly ...
Naaah. I don't think so.
Aesthetically speaking, they are totally different worlds. Therefore, I don't see a Patek Annual Calednar fan tempted by the sky-Dweller, and vice versa. But who knows... Best, Nicolas
One important consideration is price
As the new 5396 on bracelet is £51600 The sky dweller on oyster is around £30000 This message has been edited by imran in london on 2012-03-21 00:42:32
Volkswagen Phaetton can't really compete
with Audi's 8-series, MB's S-series or BMW's 7-series even Phaetton is a very fine car. Brand image... Best, Kari
brand image of Rolex... can't be compared with any other.
Rolex is special. Patek is special. And you have the others. Fx
Absolutely right, but ...
... the Rolex is the Audi in this comparison, whereas PP - to me - is more like Bentley. So, IMHO, they are not really comparable and will not steal customers from each other. Best regards Georg
Rolex is Mercedes and Patek is Rolls in my opinion
Neither Rolex or Patek lack in brand awareness Imran
It may one day when...
Rolex decides to put such a movement in a watch that actually looks good. Until then, not a chance, because the Sky-Dweller is one big and ugly-looking watch IMHO.
We think the Ym2 is ugly but it's a hot seller in YG especially
We have blinkered views in our world lol Imran
let's wait and see...
Imho, this complication (annual calendar + GMT) is very interesting because of its simplicity of use and its originality (the bezel function). Up to now, I see 2 problems for this watch : - a problem of look. But imagine it with indexes instead of roman o...
Mike my friend....
I can't say that I see this happening. The watch is a major step for Rolex but in terms of aesthetics I think it is a bit flat. As much as I love Rolex this one doesn't do it for me. There are far too many nicer options out there IMHO in that price range ...
Some of these posts
Are silly...... To the OP - I agree and didnt think about it, but I think you are on to something. I can tell you that would sooner add the Sky Dweller to my collection then another blah blah Patek annual. Yes, I have a 5205, 5960P, 5056P. I wouldnt think...
Sky-Dweller: a great chance missed
Finally Rolex enters the big center stage of complications and what is the result: same old watch, again. Instead of introducing a new case for this event, a new dial layout ... . A very sad start for an annual calendar from a house like Rolex. Moritz
Interesting responses and I may be at the wrong end of the boat, but...
I do think Rolex has scored pretty high marks with the Sky-Dweller. The 42mm rose gold Sky-Dweller on croc strap with rose gold deployant buckle will retail at GBP £28k That is just £2k more expensive than the STEEL 5726A and £5k cheaper than the 5396R I ...
Mechanically, you're right. Aesthetically, well...
I think a Patek Fan will have some issues to love the Rolex Design, on this Sky Dweller... Even a Rlex Guy may have some issues to fully appreciate this " meli melo " design. But to each his own. Indeed. Best, Nicolas
Well, there was speculation the anticipated Rolex complication would be a Cellini...
but having kept to the confines of the Oyster case, Rolex were quite restricted on what they could come up with. I think a traditional triple calendar dial layout would have been "old news", what Rolex came up with is definitely "out of the box" thinking....
Stern says
I was told by Thierry Stern that rolex is the only threatening rival when I visited patek factory. so lets wait and see ...
Sky Dweler
Mike first let me preface the below commentary by saying that I respect your opinions on this site and have enjoyed your comments here for years and will surely continue in that vein. This topic hits a nerve with me so I thought that I would make comment ...
Great to see a more complicated watch from Rolex
And I can't see why PP owners wouldn't add this as well. spoke to a few ADs yesterday and lists are building up nicely
I'm not crazy about it but believe it will eventually be
a successful model for them once folks understand it for what it is and the ease of how it works. There will be a little bit of a learning curve with respect to the functions as they are quite different from what we are accustomed to but the ease of use s...