Incoming SD 50th

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Originally Posted by alphadweller

No replacement, there's the Sub and the Deepsea already.

Discontinuation without replacement already happened with the 16600 killed in 2008 with nothing to replace it until 2014. Then came the short-lived 116600, discontinued in 2017 and instantly replaced with the 126600 this time. It looks to me like the Sea-Dweller has been kind of fickle lately. The SD43 will be 4 years old already in March 2021 and it's not a popular watch.

Also, with the new Sub benefiting from a slightly larger case and most importantly redesigned lugs, the SD43 makes less sense and we have the Deepsea let's not forget. I see even more overlap than before, combined with the fact the Sea-Dweller was never meant to be a high volume model in the first place. I could be wrong but I think its days are numbered. The SD43 remains my absolute favourite diver to this day, but I'm in a minority, most will find it too large. The rare few who want something big will fall back on the Deepsea and the vast majority will favour the Sub 41.

On the secondary market, now that the explosion from the first days following the 2020 launch has softened, the Sub41 and SD43 are both trading around $16k, give or take a few hundred. That tells me people are prepared to pay SD43 money for a SUB41. My crystal ball says bye bye SD43.

Not popular? Where do you get this information,or do you invent it.Take a look at how many are for sale before you make a statement like that