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Got one!

But I'm rather ambivalent about it, I must admit. Sure, Rolex made the most bad-ass and extreme diver that you can take to hell and back, but it also represents a missed opportunity to make a - in my views - a perfect time watch.

What I love about it is the matte dial, maxi hands and hour plots, the domed crystal and the bezel.

I wished they would have skipped the 4K meter rating and kept it at 1,200 meters and therefor avoided the whole ring lock system (sure, one doesn't think about it with a quick glance but this model is truly the NASCAR of Rolex with all the text on it) and by doing that they could have stopped the thickness at e.g. 15mm and cut down the weight with at least 20%.  Skipping the ring lock system would also have allowed for a larger dial if they wanted instead of the regular-sized dial suppressed under the +5mm crystal which frankly gives it bit of Hulk/cheap impression.

Again, the watch oozes quality, innovation and superlative engineering but at the same time, it is a missed opportunity and total overkill.