I have my eye on buying one in the next 1-2 years but if they become discontinued they will be at a price I won’t want to pay. With the new steel Pepsi announced with the new movement and bracelet how much life is left in the blnr?
Appreciate it’s a bit of a guess but many of you may have an idea for how Rolex works with discontinuing models.
Stu
It all depends on the demand going forward. I can’t see the BLNR becoming any less popular and there’s certainly enough differentiation to make both (all three in fact) models viable in the GMT lineup.
So no, I don’t think there’s any reason to discontinue it.
They may be slightly easier to get hold of though!
Dunno. But the way the ADs are behaving of late, you'd struggle to get one. I might pop into one to enquire about a black GMT on Monday so I could ask but I doubt they'll have any idea eitherOriginally Posted by Stuno1
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Cheers folks. Really don’t want to miss out on it.
Apart from the stainless Daytona, there are no watches in the current Rolex lineup (except the latest Basel launches) that cannot be had with a bit of effort and patience.
I put my name on a list for the BLNR in October with Preston’s in Wilmslow, they called me in December with a watch for me. Similar experience with David M Robinson.
If you put your name down now, you should be able to have one by the end of summer quite easily.
I really hope they don't,still waiting on multiple lists.....the various steel gmts are all so different that I think they will remain popular
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That is what I was hoping to hear.
Dont see why not the new Pepsi case has new movement in the watch and they trying to fit to all the models. Only matter of time black bezel and Blnr get the new case and movement as will the rest of Gmtmaster range. Submariner is next for the chop too still uses a movement that goes back 20 odd years so needs a slight face lift and new movement.
Unfortunately Rolex AD's are not putting folk on lists now for sports Steel if you not bought nothing its struggle now. They seem to adopted a new approach as they do not get much of the good sports steel these days. Most in Leeds have closed lists Subs, etc... as hardly getting any through Lister's quoted 3 years for a Sub date I doubt they will put on the list for BLNR
What ever knob
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I’d probably add the blue face SkyD and possibly the SD43 to that list of difficult watches. Apart from that, I’d agree.
He’s correct so why berate him? AD’s are so scared, it’s like they don’t actually want to sell watches. It’s such a weird scenario right now. Ironically, it’s now SO hard to get a Rolex Professional, the grey prices will probably go even higher!
I’m not 100% sure about the Sky Dweller as I haven’t asked or looked, but you could well be right (especially the blue dial SS one).
The SD43 I’m not so sure about. I saw one in the case in the US last October, nearly bought it but decided against it. When I got back to the UK I texted my AD and he pulled one out the same day for me. I expected a wait of 6 months at least, but it wasn’t so.
Personally, I think the SD43 is being delivered thick and fast (well, as thick and fast as possible for a SS sports model), and I think it’ll continue to drop in price with grey sellers, and more people will be picking theirs up from ADs in the near future.
I keep seeing scare stories about SS models on different forums and I just cannot relate to those experiences. The watches are there if people put in a little effort and have some patience.
Same old answer I'm afraid, buy the watch you like if/when you can afford it.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
And the case has changed too, hasn’t it?
This.
Pretty well impossible to get one at RRP unless you're very well connected with the AD's
Andy
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Reports saying BLNR and LN dropped from catalogue.
Both still on website
I think soon you will need to be well connected to buy explorer nevermind blnr
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I think they can be quite slow to update it ? Would be a shame to have no SS GMT available on Oyster bracelet if true though.
And most likely will remain. Ally has mentioned "reports" with no evidence.
This is all part of him trying to remain relevant on TZ.
I would suspect a zero chance of blnr being discontinued at this point.
Given the fact that Rolex made a big deal over how technically difficult it was to perfect the blue/black ceramic bezel when the BLNR was released, I would be very surprised if it's dropped.
If it is, then I think it's odds on to be re-released with the new movement sooner rather than later.
Do Rolex only release new models at Basel?
Reports being posts on other forums from members who have copies of the latest catalogue.
You seem rattled though, try popping me on ignore if you don’t want to read what I post.
Could be wrong but wasn’t the Deepsea D-blue thing released out with Basel ?
You are on ignore, just to ensure I don't mistakenly deal with you perspective, I am enjoying watching you faffing about trying to act as if nothing has happened. It's quiet a strange reaction.
I will be in a position to try and get one at the end of the year so fingers crossed! From what people have said a rolex model seems to stay available for around 10 years before being discontinued. This may be utter tripe though.
I have no idea what this means but I can confirm that both LN and BLNR are missing from the catalogue and price list. However, since Rolex said they were EXTENDING the GMT Master range when they revealed the new Pepsi, a guess that perhaps LN and BLNR could get the new movement (and price) soon, rather than being discontinued altogether.
This is all there is in the price list for GMT Master II:
Both featured in the display though:
That LN looks really nice, was this not the same for the JC deepsea at the end of last year?I have no idea what this means but I can confirm that both LN and BLNR are missing from the catalogue and price list. However, since Rolex said they were EXTENDING the GMT Master range when they revealed the new Pepsi, a guess that perhaps LN and BLNR could get the new movement (and price) soon, rather than being discontinued altogether.
This is all there is in the price list for GMT Master II:
Both featured in the display though:
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Whats on the next page of the price list then...?I have no idea what this means but I can confirm that both LN and BLNR are missing from the catalogue and price list. However, since Rolex said they were EXTENDING the GMT Master range when they revealed the new Pepsi, a guess that perhaps LN and BLNR could get the new movement (and price) soon, rather than being discontinued altogether.
This is all there is in the price list for GMT Master II:
Both featured in the display though:
I took the photo just before leaving home so can't check now but it was a different model (probably Sea Dweller) on the next page. GMT begins and ends on the page you see in that photo.
Also, both the black SubC Date and ND are present in the catalogue so it's not that they have omitted all standard models.
Dont feed the troll
Intereating. Keeping the watch and price on the forum but removing it from the catalogue. New movement is fine by me and price increase is not that big. The bracelet however is a deal breaker for me.
Eh? the “evidence” is above, I wasn’t making it up.
Your troll meter must be malfunctioning.
Not sure if it has been posted already but ablogtowatch has said the BLNR is to be discontinued.
It does make sense to update both models to the new movement and case rather than use a different case and movement for the LN/BLNR than for the new BLRO.
I’d expect to see the new models released very soon.
It says onblogtowatch the Batman is more than likely to get discountined or updated but Rolex stated will run side by side with the new Pepsi
To me all of the sports will get updated over time with that new movement Submariner will will next for the chop 2019 Basel as current movement is 25 plus years old
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I plan to put it on oyster flex (assuming one would fit) so not the end of the world but it would lose the flexibility of having it the bracelet for smarter occasions.
So if the BLNR is getting the Pepsi's case, then it's likely to be on a Jubilee bracelet?
They can make the end links fit a jubilee or oyster so up to Rolex.
I don’t think they will discontinue as otherwise there will be no gmt on oyster (assuming the LN does too).
Really they should offer with both bracelet choices - what’s the worst that can happen ??
The Oyster flex I wanted for my rose gold Ceramic Daytona but would not fit Rolex changed it so would after buy the new clasp. But just had it on rubber b instead. The Everest straps are really good had one on a Batman
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So oyster flex would not fit a gmt master 2? Are the rubber b straps good? They look good and utilise the watches clasp which is great.
Doubt it buy could be wrong
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Presumably no Oyster on the steel Pepsi so that the WG Pepsi owners don't get peed-off.
I’m jot so sure about that; the WG Pepsi now has a blue dial to differentiate it from the steel.
Also still with the old movement to further differentiate.
Wouldn't be a happy white gold GMT buyer now.
I’m surprised they haven’t put the new movement in it, I’d have thought they would be the sensible thing to do.
Who, you, somebody else?
Kicked?
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Highly unlikely, just update it. Jubilee is a must
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I’d have thought the BLNR would continue with a case/movement update - it’s so popular; why kill the cash cow?
The Pepsi is another example of Rolex p’ing off their PM customers (see the Sky Dweller for recent example thereof). Perhaps they have a surfeit of the bezels from unsold WG Pepsi models? I had hankered after a WG Sky Dweller but now they’re available at significantly less cost in steel it’s taken the ‘sheen’ off it.
I’ve ordered (well, ‘noted interest’ is all my AD will let me do) the S/S Pepsi and think the jubilee is a nice change. I’ve previously disliked it with a passion but somehow it looks ok to my eyes now. Ho hum.
Whatever next is anyone’s guess - a s/s ‘platona’? Blue faced sub in S/S.
Agree with above, cannot see them kiling off the BLNR - perhaps just a change of movement.
Having said that, we really cannot second guess can we!?
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