2 questionable Rolex design choices

[ernie2]

This is just a personal opinion and not meant to offend current owners of the referred watches. You don't have to agree with me, it is just my observation.

For the record, I am not bashing Rolex, I own 3 Rolexes ( EXP 1, EXP 2, SD4K) and I love Rolex's quality and design. However, as a design professional, there are 2 design flaws keep sticking out as eyesores to me.

In every aspect of the Rolex watches, the curves of the case, the fonts of the lettering, the color schemes were well designed aesthetically to please our eyes. But there are 2 things just seemed to be afterthoughts without any design put into it.

1. The 24hr hand of the last generation Explorer 2 16570 and all the GMTs. All the hands of the Rolexes had some design elements to them. Be the Mercedes shape, the 3D tapering of the DD, or the round lume dot on the second hands. If you look at the 24hr hand of the above mentioned models, they are straight sticks with an isosceles triangles at the end. Like street yield signs. They do not even have tapering and do not look like they belong with the rest of the watch hands.

Luckily, at the new Explorer II 216570, they changed the 24hr hands. But it seems like there is no plans to update the GMTs.

2. A lot of people are going to disagree with this one here. I cannot stand the thick metal ring inside the DSSD. It has no curve lines, no chamfering, like a piece of plumbing parts from home depot. And don't get me started on the big lettering of the RING LOCK SYSTEM. That is similar to people wearing big GUCCI prints on their clothes, you can see it from a block away.

These are just my observations. I hope no owners of GMTs and DSSD are offended.