Reply With QuoteI've always liked that one. Now it's going to be overpriced like every reference the TRF guys ignored prior to discontinuation.
Another Rolex thread I know, but maybe of interest to some. Post on forums and confirmed by numerous posters that it’s no longer being produced.
Can’t see a Pepsi in steel so soon, but might open the door for one in a couple of years.
Maybe this year a coke?
Something in platinum? Unlikely.
Green?
I've always liked that one. Now it's going to be overpriced like every reference the TRF guys ignored prior to discontinuation.
Pity if it's true.
Having tried one a few times it was always one on my want list, looks like that'll never happen.
It’s still in their website so may not be true, but a lot of people confirming they’ve been told by AD’s.
After only four years? Is it really selling that badly?
If so then it was a significant miscalculation by Rolex to introduce it as PM only.
Or clever marketing the preserve the rarity and desirability of pre-owned models, which may persuade the small group of people that actually buy new PM Rolex watches to buy a different, new, watch when its successor is released.Originally Posted by markrlondon
It’s not like they can’t shift enough steel BLNR’s.
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I doubt it.
Been confirmed in the US.
Good to get some clarity lol
Might mean a new gold sports watch. Gmt got the new case first, so this could be a new steel or gold line to kick it off. New case and new movement?
I bet that bezel single handedly drags a significant amount of custom for the GMT up from buying SS to gold. So my worthless guess is: new movement, same bezel.
Seems plausible and think the new movement will be making an appearance at Basel. The extra power reserve from my SD43 would be welcome in the GMT and Sub.
Which means nothing.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
My uninformed prediction:
Pepsi Steel model will be released at Basel 2020 -> Demand will be crazy / Supply artificially restricted -> Warranty cards will be withheld -> Grey dealers will have one at double retail within a week.
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Will the new movement fit inside the 40mm models ? It has only appeared in models above 40mm up to now
Both the 3135 and the 3235 are 28.5mm diameter
If they make a SS model with a Pepsi bezel and a blue dial that would be the mutts nuts.
I love my current GMT, however the 70hr power reserve would see me flip it I think.
Power reserve would be the only sensible reason to change. Reliability and precision seem much the same. Which is quite a tribute to the older movements.
Some version is in the DD40, which is actually more like 39.5mm.
Fine for Superman/Clark Kent maybe.....
This seems more plausible to me than cancelling the Pepsi bezel entirely.
Wouldn’t a Black/Green bezel be amazing!
RIAC
Love the sound of that and something I had not considered ! It would be very special IMO but I know green is Marmite to a lot of members.
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FWIW its not listed as discontinued on the Rolex extranet where us watchmakers order all the parts. It's usually up to date.
They're very proud of their ability to mix colours on the bezel so I would assume a 3285 calibre version or similar is in the pipeline if anything....
Going by the success of the LV models, green might be marmite on TZ but in the world outside it seems to be a sure fire success for Rolex with there buyers.
There was a mock up of the green/Black bezel gmt a couple of years ago on one of the watch sites and it was stunning. Knocked the Blnr out of the park.
Wait and see what happens at Basel.
By whom? Please tell me not on TRF which seems to be the very last place to go for accurate info... An AD's buyer? I'll believe it when it's yanked from the Rolex website - and it's still showing there with a price tonight!
When I owned the ceramic LV, the only thing I wasn’t that keen on was the shade of green on the bezel. Would be nice if they could improve that colour if they did a green / Black GMT
Wasn’t the old Sea Dweller still showing on the Rolex website last year when the same correct rumours of its demise circulated until Basel ?
I'm not sure, but it's pretty meaningless as the DSSD has been rumoured to be killed for ages.
Not meaningless at all. There were posts last year in Jan that the SD4K was discontinued and everyone said “no way/nonsense/according to who?” much the same as now and that turned out to be true.
They had one at T2 Heathrow today.
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Harrods Green?
Please no
The existing green ceramic bezel with black would be cheeky
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http://www.watchprosite.com/page-wf....18/pi-6290188/
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Only meaningful for as long as stock remains or scheduled production run completes.
In other words, the info being spread by members on another forum could be accurate, but not with immediate effect.
And with Rolex knowing what they’re making throughout the next 6 months, if not the full 12, then they’ll have co-ordinated production with Baselworld in mind, since such a decision would have been taken well before the end of last year, in all likelihood.
Announcing this to the AD network in advance of happening makes sense, as it’ll prime them to inform customers the “waiting list” is very long, and try to sell them on an alternative model.
Have you ever known AD's to have any advance information? They, like 99% of TRF members appear to be last to know anything.
The only one that seems to be ahead of the curve is Rolex Passion Report. They called it with the 50th SD.
Chances are that not all ADs will inform choice customers about what they’ve been told – it’s very easy for them to feign ignorance.
So for all we know, they’ve been told the BLRO is EOL, and therefore no new orders will be accepted.
Like I said before, this gives them the opportunity to switch customer enquiries to another model with a “shorter waiting list”.
I’d imagine with the value of a Rolex account, you do need advance notice of things which will affect your income stream or number of pieces to be sold in order to maintain AD status.
Equally, Rolex won’t want to give their hand away, so the illusion of the BLRO still being a current model (which strictly speaking it would be), until the website is updated with the new Baselworld releases.
Now that they’ve embraced an online presence with the revamped website, much like others who dragged their heels for years, they’ll be taking a leaf out of Apple’s playbook, by keeping things under wraps until the event.
Ironically, it’s the likes of Audemars Piguet and a few other SIHH attendees, who announce what’s coming up to a week before the event, although nothing shows on their website until during or after the event.
Not sure if one approach is better than the other, but I’d say Rolex took notice of how Apple revealed their new products, and felt a similar method was beneficial for them.
Of course, all that could be pure supposition, but I believe it to be a reasoned and logical viewpoint – only Rolex (and their reps) know with absolute surety.
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Black green might look good, however I still think the blue/black makes the most sense.
IF it's discontinued I'm guessing on a new movement or even case...
I can't see them releasing a Pepsi in SS and if they were to release one in platinum, why kill off the Pepsi in WG???
same is being said about the hulk as well
Haven't they said the same thing about that every year since it was launched?
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