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25 July 2013, 01:30 PM | #1 |
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40mm Ceramic Sea-Dweller?
If Rolex came out with a 40mm Sea-Dweller C would you buy it?
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25 July 2013, 01:54 PM | #2 |
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I hate to admit it, but yes, as i have a small fetish for Rolex Divers..!
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25 July 2013, 01:56 PM | #3 |
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No. IMO the SubC or DSSD are the spiritual successors to the SD.
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25 July 2013, 01:57 PM | #4 |
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25 July 2013, 02:09 PM | #5 |
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No. The SD was meant to be a tool watch, not jewelry.
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25 July 2013, 02:42 PM | #7 |
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25 July 2013, 02:51 PM | #9 |
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No, I have the Deepsea.
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25 July 2013, 02:53 PM | #10 |
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My, but you are an inquisitive one...
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25 July 2013, 02:56 PM | #11 |
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I would, in about 2 seconds.
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25 July 2013, 03:03 PM | #12 |
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No.
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25 July 2013, 03:10 PM | #13 |
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Possibly? I'd have to see it and try it on first.
Could be a good alternative for those wanting a date without the cyclops and without the heft and height of the DSSD. Can't really see it happening though and would probably be considered blasphemous to a lot of traditionalists. |
25 July 2013, 08:38 PM | #14 |
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25 July 2013, 11:04 PM | #15 |
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I hope Rolex will not. Should not. Better not.
I am already very broke collecting them
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25 July 2013, 11:09 PM | #16 |
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In a New York second. Make it 42mm with a thinner case to 500 meters and it'd be a New York 1/2 second.
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25 July 2013, 11:13 PM | #17 |
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Personally, I think a beefier, 40mm SD with a ceramic bezel is the route that Rolex should have taken, rather than building the DSSD.
As it is, my 14060M is the only diver I need.
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25 July 2013, 11:22 PM | #18 |
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Yes it would probably be the only watch I would trade my current 16600 in for. OR maybe not.
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25 July 2013, 11:41 PM | #19 |
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Hell yes, perhaps a tad thinner for those that don't want to go so deep, 8k ft.
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25 July 2013, 11:43 PM | #20 |
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I may try one on at a local AD, but no I would not buy one....
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26 July 2013, 12:02 AM | #21 |
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Don't mess with perfection.
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26 July 2013, 12:05 AM | #22 |
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yes
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26 July 2013, 12:08 AM | #23 |
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No. Would seem redundant to me.
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26 July 2013, 12:08 AM | #24 |
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26 July 2013, 12:36 AM | #25 |
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It has nothing to do with size. It's about adding the ceramic bezel, which if damaged costs thousands to replace versus less than $100 for a metal insert.
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26 July 2013, 01:34 AM | #27 |
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Too big and chunky for my tastes, so I never even got to the ceramic part. The only reason I got a SD over a sub is that I don't like the cyclops. I sure don't need the depth rating of the SD, heck not even the sub for that matter, and surely not the DSSD!
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26 July 2013, 02:16 AM | #29 |
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If they'd have made it with this diameter, minus the ridiculous depth rating (I mean, hell, even the old SD's rating was ridiculous for 99.9999999999999% of the people on this planet) to give it a more reasonable top-to-bottom case dimension, I'd have seriously considered one. But judging by huge price increase and laws of supply/demand, I'd say we may be in the minority here.
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