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Old 13 May 2017, 01:57 PM   #121
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Here you go. Time to put all of the speculation to rest.

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Old 13 May 2017, 02:02 PM   #122
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Don't trust the 43 size of new Sea-Dweller!!

All for a premium. Can be yours for $18k!!

https://davidsw.com/product/rolex-12...se-basel-2017/


The new SD looks larger, IMO, than the DSSD.

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Old 13 May 2017, 02:17 PM   #123
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For me, it is not really a problem of size.. but a problem of balance. Too much bezel is too much bezel.
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Old 13 May 2017, 02:43 PM   #124
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For me, it is not really a problem of size.. but a problem of balance. Too much bezel is too much bezel.


Too much cyclops is too much cyclops.

^ fixed that for you

Had Rolex left the Cyclops off, this could have easily been on of the best selling/most highly sought after Rolex' is modern releases. But with the Cyclops, I think it just turns too many people off.

So glad I got my SD4k when I did!!
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Old 13 May 2017, 02:56 PM   #125
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I think the WIS is the minority who are affected by the cyclops.
Think about the men on the street who look at this and go "WOW"!

Rolex is doing well by releasing the SD43 quickly and cashing in on the sales.
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Old 13 May 2017, 05:46 PM   #126
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I think it's the smaller dial on the SD and bigger bezel that makes it seem that way. The EXPII does have a bigger dial but smaller bezel
Exactly. And the flatter your wrist, as opposed to circumference, makes the difference too.
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Old 13 May 2017, 06:03 PM   #127
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too much cyclops is too much cyclops.

^ fixed that for you

had rolex left the cyclops off, this could have easily been on of the best selling/most highly sought after rolex' is modern releases. But with the cyclops, i think it just turns too many people off.

So glad i got my sd4k when i did!!
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Old 13 May 2017, 06:03 PM   #128
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Interesting.

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Looks like Rolex has again done with the marketing of the watch by calling it 43mm and I believe this watch does not wear like 43mm at all. More like 41.5 to 42mm.

This is the screenshot of Ariel Adams from ABTW and he has wrist size of 6.70 and this one appears to wear even smaller than the Explorer II 216270(screenshot from his reviews). If it looks that good on that smaller wrist, it will look great with anyone over 7 inch wrist!!

This looks to be a huge seller if its really around 42mm and perfect setting between SubC and DS-Blue.



Note: Explorer II is sized to his wrist whereas SD43 is not. Still it gives an idea!
Does anyone who owns these watches have digital calipers?
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Old 13 May 2017, 11:30 PM   #129
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Does anyone who owns these watches have digital calipers?
Check out this thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=535744
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Old 14 May 2017, 01:28 PM   #130
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For me, it is not really a problem of size.. but a problem of balance. Too much bezel is too much bezel.
To each his/her own...I can't get enough bezel (or cowbell).

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Too much cyclops is too much cyclops.

^ fixed that for you

Had Rolex left the Cyclops off, this could have easily been on of the best selling/most highly sought after Rolex' is modern releases. But with the Cyclops, I think it just turns too many people off.

So glad I got my SD4k when I did!!
To each his/her own...so glad Rolex FINALLY corrected that deficiency in the readability of its too small date window. Cyclops should been on the SD back in '67 and they very much wanted it to be except they couldn't engineer it to work. It might have taken 50 years, but glad they finally figured it out and hit their original goal. Better late than never says many of us that are very much turned ON by it getting a Cyclops.

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I think the WIS is the minority who are affected by the cyclops.
Think about the men on the street who look at this and go "WOW"!

Rolex is doing well by releasing the SD43 quickly and cashing in on the sales.
I'm a WIS and love the Cyclops addition. Please see reference above...

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Old 14 May 2017, 01:56 PM   #131
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[...] I can't get enough bezel (or cowbell).

Guess what

Ive got a fever

And the only prescription,

IS MORE BEZEL !
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Old 15 May 2017, 06:00 AM   #132
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Guess what

Ive got a fever

And the only prescription,

IS MORE BEZEL !
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Old 15 May 2017, 06:17 AM   #133
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I am interested about the dial size?
I read the dial have same size with Sub only the bezel are bigger?
What you know guys about this?
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Old 15 May 2017, 08:28 AM   #134
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For me, it is not really a problem of size.. but a problem of balance. Too much bezel is too much bezel.
This seems right to me, 1mm bigger dial and 2mm bezel.
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Old 15 May 2017, 09:33 AM   #135
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To each his/her own...I can't get enough bezel (or cowbell).







To each his/her own...so glad Rolex FINALLY corrected that deficiency in the readability of its too small date window. Cyclops should been on the SD back in '67 and they very much wanted it to be except they couldn't engineer it to work. It might have taken 50 years, but glad they finally figured it out and hit their original goal. Better late than never says many of us that are very much turned ON by it getting a Cyclops.







I'm a WIS and love the Cyclops addition. Please see reference above...





Yup, me too!


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Old 15 May 2017, 11:59 AM   #136
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I think the WIS is the minority who are affected by the cyclops.
Think about the men on the street who look at this and go "WOW"!

Rolex is doing well by releasing the SD43 quickly and cashing in on the sales.
Interesting! I think WIS are those who like the look of traditional Rolex with cyclops. Because they like the "WOW" effect when they (and other people) look at their watches and instancely recognize it is a Rolex.
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