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Titanium Rolex anyone?
AKA 'Deepsea Challenge' - looks like Omega's PO Ultra Deep rattled some cages...
Exciting new look (!) -
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50mm wide and 23mm thick 🤣
£21,850 — wow
https://www.rolex.com/watches/sea-dw...6067-0001.html
Almost double the price of a PO UD!
Genuinely hideous imo
Got to make people believe it’s twice the watch 🤷🏻*♂️
Originally Posted by thegobetween
Does it win an award for "how many words can you put on the front of a watch"?
Chamfers are back
Looks awful
50mm wide and 23mm thick 藍
Chortle! Is that made from finest Unobtainium? If so, I DESIRE it!
As for the Rolex high-tech sewer lid: irrelevant what most of us think - we won't be allowed to buy one...
Does this mean that the one-off they did for Ben Ainslie might not be just a one-off in the near future?
Note the new "dot dash dot" crown markings to designate a titanium watch.Chamfers are back
Will be interesting to see if we get more models in RLX titanium, but at a more wearable size!
Needs more big white writing on the dial. A few black areas there going to waste.
Its also a fat little fekcur to boot
Should be "dash dot dot".
Exactly what i was thinking. I asked this at the dealer here in Belfast last year and the answer was Rolex will never do a watch in Ti.
Oh, I like this
Does this mean that the one-off they did for Ben Ainslie might not be just a one-off in the near future?
Hence why I take dealer predictions with a grain of salt. I like the sheen of the titanium they have on this new SD though. Very stealthy.Exactly what i was thinking. I asked this at the dealer here in Belfast last year and the answer was Rolex will never do a watch in Ti.
Oh, I like this
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I hope those chamfers make an official come back to the 13xxxx series of subs and seadwellers. That would be a neat throwback to the past.
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What’s one up from a beast, a monster maybe. I tried the Cameron on in Goldsmiths and god that was big, this really is a monster.
I hope the Rolex fanboys have stated their interest
I LOVE IT.
Couldn't pull it off but what a thing it is!
Ghastly.
And i'm a Rolex fanboy.
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It will be a 'ding' magnet for sure.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Can’t see it ever happening or going down too well as the overall heft and size of the Deepsea made it a watch where the weight matched it’s size and in my opinion made it a proper indestructible tool watch and at twice the price I would deem it pretty pointless. If you want an oversized decent priced titanium dive watch then there are plenty of ones to choose from including the Tudor Pelagos and various Grand Seiko offerings. OK, they don’t have the Rolex emblem but are nevertheless pretty damned good.
Well, I said "hats off" to Omega when I tried on the ultra deep at a recent event.
Im going to say the same to rolex for this offering. Its not about looks obviously - but about achievement - and a bit of willy waving - but the concept of taking a watch as deep as possible is nothing new and both brands have been at it for years.
If it was below £15k and actually available to buy without all the AD nonsense, I could have been interested. I'm happy with my original Deepsea purchased in 2010 and will leave it at that.........
I'm in. That's a chick magnet for sure.
I like it for the technical achievement. That’s about it. At least it’s grade 5 titanium
That said would live to try one on, some watches swear smaller than the you think, I doubt this will.
Last edited by Middo; 1st November 2022 at 20:50.
Got to be the ugliest Rolex watch I've ever seen ... did they poach the design team from Invicta ?
I think it’s quite practical. I could always strap it to my leg! When swimming in the pool.
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In all seriousness. Is it actually that much of an achievement? They put a normal size movement and dial inside an absolutely enormous metal puck and behind something like 2cm of sapphire glass. Maybe there’s something to be said for the gaskets made of Rolber (TM)
If this was a normal sized watch, I’d be really impressed but effectively they’ve made a really impractical box which isn’t really a wearable watch but can be strapped to the outside of a deep sea exploration submarine.
Weird really.
I’m convinced that the depth rating will certainly be good enough to get to the bottom of the washing up bowl, but have Rolex put enough thought into what happens if you bang it on the taps. Titanium is known to scratch and dink if given a good bash, so I think I’ll wait for for some real life reviews to emerge before pulling the trigger and giving that enormous bad boy a go.
As others have said, nice to see the chamfers back. The Deepsea - I’ve owned two, original version and the refreshed one - just remained on the ‘interesting’ side of ugly but I loved the engineering. This not so much. At that money, I wonder if this will be the sports model that manages to avoid the need for waiting lists…
Probably not.
Can't unsee!
I d rather see titanium DS in 44, 45.
Image posted online. It looks comical!
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Last edited by rico; 2nd November 2022 at 12:33.
That's not it. That's the previous not for sale model.
The new one will wear very large, it is 50mm after all, but that isn't it.
Definitely not. It has a date display for a start.
My mistake, will remove it.
Pretty amazing
As a watch designed to go to the depths
Definitely fit for purpose
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What's the thought process behind people wanting and buying this watch? It looks worse than the regular Deepsea, it'll wear worse than any other Rolex diver to date, and it serves no practical purpose over any other Oyster cased watch, so is it merely a pissing contest?
Absolute nonsense.
As is the Omega Ultra Deep PO.
For anyone who wants a real, deep diving, form over function watch I suggest a Seiko Tuna. Unlike a Rolex, it won't impress anyone at a business meeting though.
They are wealthy and want a watch most people don't have.
Yes or as it's more commonly called - The Luxury Watch business.so is it merely a pissing contest?
If I'll manage to buy one at the list price I will be more than happy
Cause I love Rolex but all their models looks ridiculous on my wrist.
Way to small for my gorilla wrists
That is the watchmaking equivalent of a mid-life crisis.
Absolutely shocking.
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Or even better, and for less money, a Scurfa!
Sinn produced a super water proof watch years ago
The EZM 2 can go to the bottom of the ocean but it’s a quarter of the thickness, 10mm less in diameter and it will be more accurate as well…
:-)
Strongly considering asking for one of these.
There's obviously the collector temptation of completing the set, Submariner, Sea Dweller, Deep Sea and now this but as a bit of a fanboy I like the idea of buying something so close to a prototype from Rolex.
Would it really get worn often? Probably not but the days with fitness tracking neither do most of my mechanical watches.
I do like the idea of owning one however, as something to keep.I suspect they might be quite rare.
Yes it is. I want one though
Rolex’s most effective bellend detector ever. Quite the achievement.
edit: obvs interested.
Although, no advanced scuba diver will ever use a watch anymore ( I am Trimix adv. certified and I never take any watch diving), it is an achievement to produce a mechanical watch that is waterresistant to ANY depth (...and that is what I would have advertised!). It is a big slap in the face of Omega. Wearing a JC, I was considering switching to the Omega UD just to have the top of the spear in terms of depth rating (Yes I know it is stupid, but that's me...). Happy I did not do it! On the other hand 50mm is tough to wear on a daily basis. I will have to see it in person. Let's see when it hits the shelves (if ever) at Bucherer here in Zürich or in Geneva....
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