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    Rolex Deepsea Challenge


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    Exact timing as the other thread. I prefer your title though.
    https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?518366

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    It looks good, and will certainly appeal to the 'top-trumps' collectors - that is a crazy WD rating!

    On the plus side - should be sig lighter than the SS 'cooking' model, but JEEZ! What a thickness of watch!

    Aeshetically - I would remove the imperial depth rating and leave the metric value.

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    50mm ... that's a big watch ...

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    SO...who's going to volunteer to buy one and try it out???
    I suspect that most of them will never even get wet..........

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    Insane! Would love one but £22,000 so not happening.

    Rather steals the thunder of the Omega Ultra Deep. Wonder which will actually be available first?!
    Last edited by David_D; 1st November 2022 at 14:28.

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    50mm will look fine on a diving suit and that is its intended purpose. If someone wants to spend £22k and look like a complete Herbert wearing an ostentatious saucer with a suit, then fair enough. It's their money at the end of the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    50mm will look fine on a diving suit and that is its intended purpose. If someone wants to spend £22k and look like a complete Herbert wearing an ostentatious saucer with a suit, then fair enough. It's their money at the end of the day.
    Agreed. I would only add that it also would look silly with a diving suit.

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    It’s impressive that they have managed to mass produce a watch with these specs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Idontgram View Post
    Agreed. I would only add that it also would look silly with a diving suit.
    That surely depends on where and when you are wearing the diving suit.

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    Good grief. Have they jumped the shark with this?

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    Proper black matt dial. They should use this on the Submariner. Lovely brushed titanium too.

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    Love the clasp and the polishing of the titanium. Beyond that…. Nope!

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    What do you think lug width is? 24mm?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markrlondon View Post
    Good grief. Have they jumped the shark with this?

    "Containing aluminium, strontium, dysprosium and europium "

    The website is beginning to sound more like a woman's makeup or shampoo advert.

    or

    One might almost think that it is all sheep s**t :-)


    https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...39914001005185


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    Quote Originally Posted by Toshk View Post
    Proper black matt dial. They should use this on the Submariner. Lovely brushed titanium too.
    Agreed

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrGrumpy View Post
    SO...who's going to volunteer to buy one and try it out???
    I suspect that most of them will never even get wet..........
    I will
    Already put myself on the list and I promise that and if I get it you'll see A LOT of wet pictures :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    That surely depends on where and when you are wearing the diving suit.
    Anywhere but the Marianas Trench I'd imagine.

    Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

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    It’s for my brother in law. Ex professional basketball player so shouldn’t look that ridiculous on him. But who knows how this wears in real life







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    ^^^
    What size are your wrists?

    That really does look like a VERY large lump of watch!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maysie View Post
    ^^^
    What size are your wrists?

    That really does look like a VERY large lump of watch!!
    Not sure tbh. Think it was 18.5cm according Watch Finder measurement tool a couple of years ago.

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    I feel sorry for the door frames this watch will inevitably smash lol.

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    What an absolutely stupid watch but for months now I can’t stop hunting videos and pictures. For as awful as it is it’s bloody cool

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    Would love to see one in the flesh. I can only just get away with my DSSD so would never be able to wear one even if I could get hold of one.

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    A friend has one and he can carry it off.........I tried it on and just laughed at how silly it looked on me! But, my, the engineering is somethig special for this piece.

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    Tried one on last year , I’d say the watch is almost unwearable day to day .

    Makes a sub non date look minuscule.

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    If that didn’t have a Rolex logo on the dial, people on here would be ripping that just as much as those gargantuan fashion watches you see.
    Absolutely ridiculous and completely gopping.
    To think I thought my Pelagos was slab-sided!!

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    I did check a few times to make sure this wasn't some kind of 1 April post...

    Sent from my SM-S908B using Tapatalk

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    It wasn’t designed for people to wear. It’s for watch collectors to keep in a safe.

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