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22 March 2023, 08:00 PM | #1 |
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One for the old timers??? 2012
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Can the older forum members cast their minds back to 2012 and the launch of the new skydweller? Did it blow up the watch world with it being a brand new piece from Rolex? I would guess it will be another 50 years until we may get a brand new watch birth coming from Rolex….!!!! Interested to read what it was like back then Many thanks |
22 March 2023, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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I just had a glance at this thread but seems the TRF 2012 response was kind of lukewarm. Tudor Black Bay debut got a better reception.
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=221464
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Well, at its announcement, it was PM only, so expensive and exclusive. I think the teaser had people expecting a new professional model of some sort. So a bit of a letdown.
The move to SS a bit later opened up the model to a wider audience and, IMHO, brought more interest. |
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22 March 2023, 08:43 PM | #6 |
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If I recall, (and I wasn't a TRF member back then, but I've been active on watch forums since the mid 2000's) there was initial excitement about the name as people I knew were assuming it'd be a kind of flight equivalent of the Sea Dweller - i.e. a hardcore professional model.
Then it arrived in PM only, with Romans and a fluted bezel, in what was considered a pretty large and thick case, and I think there was a fair bit of disappointment TBH. Over time, and especially with the introduction of the baton dials and SS models, it's become a far more desirable piece.
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22 March 2023, 10:13 PM | #7 |
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I really don't remember anything about the release. But the fact that it was PM and had complications I had no use for meant it really wasn't for me anyway. Either way I surely don't remember the forum blowing up over it.
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22 March 2023, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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I remember seeing them at an AD and being curious until I saw the size
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22 March 2023, 11:25 PM | #9 |
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It was a startling introduction, to be sure, but...it was only available in PM and priced, shall we say, accordingly lol. So...I wouldn't say "blew up the watch world."
I would almost say the introduction of the model in steel, whatever year that was, was a bigger stir. Just my thoughts. |
23 March 2023, 02:08 AM | #10 | |
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Taking a really cursory look, there's this site listing everything till 2019: https://millenarywatches.com/rolex-m...duction-years/ They're listed below. That's 34 models in 88 years. So they release a new model on average every 2.5 years. Hmm ... doesn't really seem like that, does it. 1931: Oyster Perpetual 1938: Bubble Back 1945: Datejust 1953: Submariner 100m 1953: Turn-O-Graph 1953: Explorer 1954: GMT-Master 1954: Lady Oyster Perpetual 1956: Day-Date 1956: Milgauss 1957: Lady Datejust 1961: Oyster Cosmograph 1963: Cosmograph Daytona 1967: Sea-Dweller 1969: Submariner Date 1971: Explorer II 1976: Oysterquartz 1979: Submariner 300m 1983: GMT-Master II 1988: Cosmograph Daytona (Zenith Movement) 1992: Yacht-Master 1992: Pearlmaster 1994: Yacht-Master Lady 2000: Cosmograph Daytona With In-house Movement 2007: Yacht-Master II 2008: Deepsea Sea-Dweller 2008: Day-Date II 2008: Oyster Perpetual 36mm 2009: Datejust II 2012: Sky-Dweller 2015: Day-Date 40 mm 2015: Oyster Perpetual 39 mm 2016: Datejust 41 2019: Yacht-Master 42 on Oysterflex Bracelet |
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23 March 2023, 10:11 AM | #12 |
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If a watch is released in PM by Rolex all the people who can't afford it complain.
The same people buy it when it is released in SS 3 to 4 years later. Gold Sub White gold BLRO Sky Dweller This is the trf I know. The old trf. The true trf.
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23 March 2023, 05:27 AM | #13 |
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if it was 39 mm I would own one. I love the watch its just too big for me
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23 March 2023, 05:42 AM | #14 |
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Hate sounding old like this, but nothing blew up the world then. 2012 may as well be 1992 in terms of how this hobby has blown up and grown in the last 10 (and actually last 5) years.
Your average new release from bands like Longines or Oris get more hype, attention, and watch media coverage than Rolex releases from 10 years ago. Also remember that the watch industry was really in the doldrums for most of the 2010s. Aftereffects of the GFC , pre social media hype, less developing world money. This was a time when ADs were begging people to buy BLNRs and Hulks. |
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