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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? |
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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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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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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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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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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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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Source?
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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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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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but what do you eat if you are wrong?
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Oh, there has been a stainless steel Day-Date before, https://monochrome-watches.com/more-...6611-in-steel/
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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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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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I also heard from an AD that the Daytona/Date model is coming!
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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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I’ll go with
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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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13 March 2018, 08:13 AM | #29 |
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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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Maybe you're his solid source.....
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