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27 December 2019, 01:54 AM | #1 |
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Would you buy a Rolex bronze model if offered?l
It seems every watch manufacturer has a bronze model these days with a preponderance of diver editions.
Tudor offers the BB in bronze so it bodes the question, will the mothership follow suit? If they do, the obvious choice would be to have it as a Submariner or a Sea Dweller. I don’t currently have a bronze watch in my collection but have consider acquiring one. If they did, would you buy it?
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27 December 2019, 01:57 AM | #2 |
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27 December 2019, 01:57 AM | #3 |
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Bronze metal just doesn’t have quite the same appeal to me
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27 December 2019, 01:58 AM | #4 |
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I'd consider it - really depends on the model and configuration.
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27 December 2019, 02:03 AM | #6 |
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Is the metal on other makers' watches actually bronze or SS plated in bronze?
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27 December 2019, 02:04 AM | #7 |
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I wouldn't, but I think IWC has a nice looking bronze spitfire. Just not for me but nice looking non the less.
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27 December 2019, 02:19 AM | #8 |
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No, not for me
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No, non, nein, nyet.
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27 December 2019, 02:24 AM | #11 |
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Not my first choice, but I wouldn't say never I would consider it.
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It’s really an academic question since I’d stake my life on the fact that Rolex would never do it anyway since bronze has absolutely no advantage over 904L steel that there’d be any need for it, and in any case that’s exactly what Tudor is for.
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27 December 2019, 02:29 AM | #14 |
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Possibly a DSSD, where the material choice makes some sense. But I actually don’t like this trend of bronze
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I love bronze watches, the Panerai ones are their most coveted models. As long as they use CUSN8 alloy, that’s the one with the wild patina. Tudor’s aluminum bronze just gets darker.
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No, all bronze models I have seen are on straps and I am a bracelet guy. Oris is the only mfg with bronze two ton on a bracelet. I do not know if I like it so not in my collection. I doubt Rolex would do a bronze much less on a bracelet.
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They can’t make stainless and you want them to go back to bronze?
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27 December 2019, 03:13 AM | #20 |
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No, just not really into bronze watches.
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27 December 2019, 03:22 AM | #21 |
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I like the Tudor bronze. Rolex would be overpriced.
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27 December 2019, 03:23 AM | #22 |
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No I already have my Tudor
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27 December 2019, 04:14 AM | #23 |
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zero interest in bronze
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27 December 2019, 04:15 AM | #24 |
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No. Nope. Nei. Nein. Njet.
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27 December 2019, 04:17 AM | #25 |
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I wouldnt be against it but I would have to see what model they use first
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27 December 2019, 04:20 AM | #26 |
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Not in to bronze at all
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I won't totally write it off. Well it depends on what it looks and feels like.
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well i earn my life sellİng bronze castings. Militari, naval, aerospace and heavy machinery all rely on bronze.
İf rolex will make a bronze case i will give the material for free. A aluminum bronze espacilly forged brınze casting submariner will be huge success. İ will pay 25000 usd right away :) |
27 December 2019, 04:32 AM | #29 |
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Bronzno
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27 December 2019, 04:41 AM | #30 |
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Absolutely not.
There are already a few very cool bronze pieces out there. Bronze is not a metal for Rolex though, and it would be way out of character for them. |
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