Hi, not sure if common knowledge but Rolex now allow jubilee GMT owners to purchase the oyster bracelet separately for their watch, which was previously not permitted. This week I visited RSC st James square to purchase and have fitted the Oyster bracelet with PCL. Not cheap at £1,600 but at least now have the best of both worlds.
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I asked at st James sq last year for the oyster and was declined, but told i could do it the other way around. Pleased to hear I can now spend £1600! Mix and match on the way.
I think someone bought the jubilee bracelet for his pepsi and it was over 2K from RSJ
Assuming the Oyster is cheaper.
Does anyone know whether the Oyster bracelet is interchangeable between BLNR and BLRO?
Ive got a 2002 GMT- the Oyster has seen better days, do Rolex supply the old ones too and allow you to retain your existing one?
All credit to Rolex for allowing owners of their watches to purchase an alternative bracelet for £1600........what a magnanimous gesture!
I assume the issue here is more for 126710 watches purchased between March 2018 and March 2021 (when only available to buy new on the jubilee bracelet) - I fall into that camp with my late 2018 BLRO. As available new on either bracelet after March 2021, it seems natural that the additional bracelet would be an option for these models. I should really get my finger out though, bracelet prices are only going one way.
I'm assuming though that the 126710 BLRO bracelet will not fit the previous 116710 version of the BLNR (more's the pity, as that would give me more options).
They wouldn't let me buy a non riveted Oyster bracelet for my Black Bay 41mm despite it fitting. When they found out what I wanted it for they changed their minds & refused the sale.
This is the whole purpose of the thread, to advise that Rolex now permit jubilee fitted 126710’s to have the oyster bracelet bought separately. I have done this for my March 2021 jubilee BLRO (bought before the oyster bracelet version was released).
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Do you have to book or can you walk in on a whim.
Should of done this last month when in London for 24hrs
I collected a jubilee for my skydweller from an AD too, today.
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Yes, all in.
I was originally told that it was £1700+VAT but on collection it was all in.
Is it a stupid amount of money for a piece of steel? Yes, of course it is. But it's all relative to our hobby.
The way I see it... If i hadn't have bought the Jubilee I wouldn't have enjoyed wearing the watch as I can't stand the PCL's of the oyster. It would have sat in the safe and others would have taken preference.
I could sell the oyster for what, £1200? So then (to me) the Jubilee would be a £500 purchase instead.
But I won't be selling it; I'll be getting it brushed.
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Just for reference, my Skydweller jubilee cost me £1400 yesterday. All in. It’s a wider bracelet than the Pepsis too.
Just to add to this, the Oyster bracelet from a 116610LN Submariner also fits the current GMT BLRO.
This gives the advantages of a) no PCLs and b) glidelock clasp.
If you’ve got both, why not just see if it will fit?
If the bracelet on the old sub fits it then the new one definitely will not, as they increased the bracelet width as well as the case diameter. It's now 21mm I believe.
Old sub, as in the last 20mm lug width ceramic one does.
See rolexdiver on instagram, the brushed non pcl looks so much nicer I think.
Ok appears it’s been a while since he posted it ! https://www.instagram.com/p/COmgeY0l...d=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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I think for the GMTs the bracelet needs to be from a 40mm Sub.
I’ve had a 40mm Sub bracelet on my old BLNR and it fit perfectly but I couldn’t leave it on due to OCD.