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Old 13 March 2018, 04:13 AM   #1
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ss dd

Heard from a solid source that a white dial ss DD is dropping @ Basel this year, as well as a ss Pepsi GMT II.

Several DD-owning friends said there's no way Rolex would drop one in ss, but I don't see why not, seeing as they've done similar things with other references, such as the Sky-D.

Do you guys think an ss version of the venerable classic would become the most popular?
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:18 AM   #2
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Not a chance in Hades. Day Date is Rolex' flagship reference and has been and always will be in Precious Metal. Steel would be blasphemy!
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:19 AM   #3
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What source? An AD gossiping is not reputable. People on this forum dont even know.. most of Rolex employees dont even know, and i highly doubt the ss pepsi since blro
Just got discontinued. Ss coke maybe
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:20 AM   #4
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no way. The sky dweller is a great watch, but the ultimate aspirational Rolex for most is the DD.... the bracelet is even called the president.

No chance of SS for that. It would totally devalue the concept of the DD.

Skydweller is a relatively new watch and isnt an icon and Rolex wanted to boost sales most likely, which is why its in SS. Plus no one really liked the sky dweller anyway when it was in PM, even the WG. Then it came out in steel and all of a sudden everyone thought, "hey Rolex makes a watch called the sky dweller and its awesome" . They don't have that problem with the DD.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:20 AM   #5
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:20 AM   #6
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As much as I want a DD, I am willing to wait and save for most likely the only PM piece I will down. DD in steel is not in rolex DNA. It just isn’t. Its their flagship. It’s unique because it’s a PM only collection.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:31 AM   #7
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I remember last years thread on how the Sky D would never be offered in Stainless. I don't believe the hype regarding a stainless DD but you never know.
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Agreed. The information provided makes the source self-evidently not solid.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:34 AM   #9
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I remember last years thread on how the Sky D would never be offered in Stainless. I don't believe the hype regarding a stainless DD but you never know.
thats not what i remember. My recollection was all about people finally realizing its a 42mm watch last year, despite it being released in PM 5 years prior. It was the weirdest thing ever to read all the size related threads.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:37 AM   #10
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:38 AM   #11
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how very sweet it'll be to see you all eat your words just a couple weeks from now :D
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:38 AM   #12
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I remember last years thread on how the Sky D would never be offered in Stainless. I don't believe the hype regarding a stainless DD but you never know.
The one difference is the Sky-D was only a five-year-old model when the SS version came out. I know PM buyers may have felt burned, but it was early enough in the model's history that the lapse between the PM and SS debut could still be seen as a roll-out period for the model, albeit a fairly protracted one. The DD first debuted in 1956, and has only ever been available in PM. If Rolex were to introduce an SS DD, that would be a much bigger about-face from tradition than an SS Sky-D.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:39 AM   #13
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how very sweet it'll be to see you all eat your words just a couple weeks from now :D
Bookmarked.

By the way, without elaborating on the source, you're now sounding like a troll.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:43 AM   #14
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Bookmarked.

By the way, without elaborating on the source, you're now sounding like a troll.
the troll i mean
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how very sweet it'll be to see you all eat your words just a couple weeks from now :D
but what do you eat if you are wrong?
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:49 AM   #16
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Oh, there has been a stainless steel Day-Date before, https://monochrome-watches.com/more-...6611-in-steel/
Never say never.
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Old 13 March 2018, 04:57 AM   #17
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Oh, there has been a stainless steel Day-Date before, https://monochrome-watches.com/more-...6611-in-steel/
Never say never.
Fair enough. I just learned something. All the same, I'm going to go out on a limb and say a six-piece LE SS DD release in 2018 isn't going to happen.
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Bookmarked.

By the way, without elaborating on the source, you're now sounding like a troll.
lol couldn't care less what i'm sounding like, you'll see soon enough, mate :)
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Well so far we have claims of an SS DD, SS pepsi, competely new Sub, SS coke, supreme rolex collaboration.

Wow this is the most rolex has ever done in 1 basel
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Well so far we have claims of an SS DD, SS pepsi, competely new Sub, SS coke, supreme rolex collaboration.

Wow this is the most rolex has ever done in 1 basel
There is going to be many disappointed folks real soon.
Let the whining continue.
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Old 13 March 2018, 05:09 AM   #21
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Well so far we have claims of an SS DD, SS pepsi, competely new Sub, SS coke, supreme rolex collaboration.

Wow this is the most rolex has ever done in 1 basel
all we are missing is the super watch combining all of the things we desire in one watch... a SS DD with a divers bezel in red and black... maybe with an OF option.
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Well so far we have claims of an SS DD, SS pepsi, competely new Sub, SS coke, supreme rolex collaboration.

Wow this is the most rolex has ever done in 1 basel
I also heard from an AD that the Daytona/Date model is coming!
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Old 13 March 2018, 06:03 AM   #24
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C’mon guys, why wouldn’t you believe a guy from Canada that joined the forum this month?

Nothing sketchy to see here....
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Old 13 March 2018, 07:20 AM   #26
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Well so far we have claims of an SS DD, SS pepsi, competely new Sub, SS coke, supreme rolex collaboration.

Wow this is the most rolex has ever done in 1 basel
Don't forget the predicted discontinuation of about half of the sport line, plus the hostile Swatch takeover. We're doomed.
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You may want to re-evaluate the "solidness" of your source. Just sayin'.

Of course, I may be eating my words in a couple of weeks. So, I'll qualify my answer by saying I don't think so.
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You may want to re-evaluate the "solidness" of your source. Just sayin'.

Of course, I may be eating my words in a couple of weeks. So, I'll qualify my answer by saying I don't think so.
Troll thread. We're just feeding it.
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I wished for this jokingly in another thread. And I think of myself as a pretty solid guy hahahaha
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I wished for this jokingly in another thread. And I think of myself as a pretty solid guy hahahaha
Maybe you're his solid source.....
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